A DAD has been accused of abducting his own children and cops believe he’s trying to take them back to Ukraine.
Los Angeles cops are hunting for Rodion Kolomoeits and his children after the youngsters were taken out of school on Tuesday.
Kolomoeits drove to the children’s school in Sylmar on April 8 and took the kids out of class at around 11am, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Cops fear Avaora, nine, and Hrant, seven, have been abducted.
It’s emerged that Kolomoeits had recently lost custody of the children.
Police revealed that the car Kolomoeits was driving was seen at the US-Mexico border in San Ysidro – a district of San Diego.
His 2016 gray Toyota Prius had a California license plate and was last seen at around 2pm on April 8.
San Ysidro is located around 150 miles from Sylmar.
“The suspect is a Ukrainian national and is believed to be making efforts to return to Ukraine with the children,” cops said.
Cops have revealed the trio all speak Russian.
Avaora was last seen wearing a blue shirt and black pants, according to cops.
Meanwhile, Hrant, who is four feet tall, was seen wearing a green and blue sweater.
Anyone with information has been urged to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.
Around 260,000 children are abducted each year in the US, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Officials have estimated that around 200,000 of those children are snatched by family members.
Experts have warned how suspected kidnapping cases involving parents need to be taken more seriously.
“Just because a child is with a parent, it doesn’t automatically mean they are safe,” explained Angeline Hartmann from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in an interview with USA Today.
Kolomoeits is trying to return his children to Ukraine as the meatgrinder war against Russia continues to rage.
Donald Trump is trying to craft a peace deal and has met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as spoken to Vladimir Putin.
Before taking office, Trump said he would have the war ended in 24 hours.
But, a peace deal doesn’t appear to be imminent.
Trump and Zelensky had an infamous White House spat, where the president accused the Ukrainian leader of risking World War 3.
Zelensky recently claimed that two Chinese soldiers were captured fighting alongside the Russians.
He revealed that the soldiers were being held by Ukrainian security agents.
Earlier this year, two North Korean soldiers were captured alive in the Kursk region by Ukrainian forces.
