She fled the war and made aliyah, but Russia won’t let go of her daughter – Irina Glazov immigrated to Israel in a daring escape from Ukraine, but her daughter Alisa was left behind, after she was captured by the Russian army although she was not a soldier. „She wrote to us, ‚I’m sorry for staying alive.“ | israelhayom.com

Irina Glazov (51) sits in the small living room of her rented apartment in Petach Tikva staring out the window, looking at a typical Israeli landscape. It is doubtful whether she is noticing the sunny sidewalk and passers-by strolling leisurely. It is doubtful whether she can hear the quiet voices of the mothers and the joyful squeals of the children coming from the street. She is looking out, but her thoughts are wandering to her city, Mariupol, which is being crushed under Russian shelling, and in her imagination she can hear her daughter, Alisa, calling for help from thousands of kilometers away.