Antwerp mother who wants to remove son (24) from Ukraine on her own, shares haunting video of him: “Russians have been holding Wessel captive for six days”

“Hi mommy, everything is going well (rubbing his nose nervously). Uh, they don’t hurt me or anything. I thought they would leave me here in this cell forever. (silence) Thank you.” A very emaciated Wessel de Winter (24) sent a poignant Whatsapp video of exactly 14 seconds to his mother Renate. She left for Ukraine two weeks ago on her own to get her son. But the situation seems more complex than ever: Wessel is in a Russian cell and no longer has a passport.

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