Year after fleeing to Berlin, Jewish orphans gird for return to war-ravaged Odesa – Burdened by high cost of keeping them in Germany and donation shortfall, Mishpacha Orphanage says it will join flood of Ukrainians returning home even as fighting continues to rage | Timesofisrael

ODESA, Ukraine (JTA) – A year after Rabbi Mendy Wolff spirited 120 children and staff away from the Mishpacha Orphanage in this war-torn country to the safety of Berlin, he is preparing to bring them home.
That’s not because the war is over — far from it. One year after Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, fighting grinds on and much of Ukraine has been plunged into austerity conditions.