Adoption Freezes

Right now Ukraine is not processing adoptions due to the ongoing war. I am very sad about that situation because there are literally thousands of orphans in Ukraine. I had some online friends who adopted 3 boys from Ukraine, and thankfully they were able to get them all home. Two of them were allowed to go home just before the conflict started, but the last boy had to stay behind because of paperwork issues. He was escorted to Poland with other orphan refugees, and his American adoptive family had to go to Poland to find him. He was located and his adoption was finalized. He is now home. China is also not processing adoptions, citing COVID restrictions. As the rest of the world has lowered their COVID protocols, China is still not relenting. I do understand because after all, the virus did start there. Unfortunately, the orphans are still not being adopted out. I hope that changes soon. I would think that with COVID, they would want to process adoptions all the more, so that the orphanages will be less crowded. Russia has not had any adoptions processed for a decade now because of Putin's anger at the Magnitsky Act. It is ia tragedy that children are being used as political pawns. Many orphans have since aged out and been turned out to the streets. Some lucker ones got adopted domestically or were united with family members. Those orphans with special needs are typically still in institutions.