Another 14 children — 4 boys and 10 girls — were returned to Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region. One adult was also returned.
This was reported by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin.
The children who were returned are between the ages of 6 and 17.
Among them is a 16-year-old boy who was forced by the Russians to register for military service. They also returned a 17-year-old girl who wanted to receive a Ukrainian education, despite Russian pressure and control.
A 10-year-old girl who dreamed of being safe was also returned to Ukraine. Now all the children are safe and receiving assistance.
In total, since the beginning of the year, 204 children have already been returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine from the temporarily occupied Kherson region.
- The deportation of Ukrainian children is one of Russiaʼs war crimes, for which the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin and the Russian Childrenʼs Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova.
- Ukraine has officially confirmed that Russia has abducted 20 600 Ukrainian children. Russia itself says it has taken 744 000 children. Ukraine also has evidence that Belarus is involved in the deportation of Ukrainian children.
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