Four months after moving to Russia to be with his new girlfriend, and without his mother’s knowledge, Nathan Stobbart was coerced into joining the Russian army. He was deployed to fight in Ukraine and hasn’t been heard of since Dec 12 2025.
For Valerie, it was the start of a nightmare. But in a Kafkaesque twist, that nightmare has been compounded by her being sacked from her job with the Home Office simply for trying to find her son.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/15/my-son-moved-russia-love-missing-front-line/
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