Most of the Thompson family members are shown on the left; on the right is "M," whom they're trying to rescue and adopt from Ukraine. (Colleen Thompson) As Russia continues its attack against Ukraine, Colleen Thompson of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday about her family's desperate efforts to help orphans in Ukraine get out of the country safely.One orphan in particular, "M," is a future member of their family — a teenage girl whom the family had begun the process of adopting about three years ago.
They consider her their daughter and they're frantic with worry for her. Thompson and her husband, David, have eight children, six of whom were adopted from Ukraine.
Once this adoption is complete, "M" will become the Thompsons’ ninth child. "She’s brilliant, she’s beautiful, she’s artistic," said Thompson about the young woman."These are children who are alone and who have been through enough trauma — more than most of us can imagine."The Thompsons had been scheduled to travel to Donetsk earlier this week for court proceedings to finalize the girl's adoption — but the war horribly scrambled those plans.