Ukraine managed to return 8 more children from the occupied territories: who helped and how

Another 8 children were returned to Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territories. In particular, a boy was returned, who at the time of the Russian invasion was in a boarding house, the pupils of which were taken by the occupation authorities to MSCNF Skadovsk and the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, reports UNN.

“It was possible to return 8 Ukrainian children to the Motherland. Children from Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson Oblasts and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, who lived under the pressure of the Russian occupation, finally broke free. This was achieved within the framework of the implementation of the approved action plan of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA “, Lubinets said.

He noted that the returned children are from 6 to 16 years old, and some of them have illnesses, so they were met in Ukraine together with the ambulance. Among those returned is a boy who at the time of the Russian invasion was in the “Oleshkiv Children’s Boarding Home”, whose pupils were taken by the occupation authorities to the city of Skadovsk and the Russian Federation.

According to him, family circumstances and the lack of prospects for the children’s future prompted the adults, who were home to young Ukrainians, to return to Ukraine.

“I note that 7 children were returned with the involvement of the mediator country Qatar. Another boy was returned through the humanitarian corridor. But now these children will finally receive decent medical care, hug their parents and relatives and implement their plans,” Lubinets added.

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6-year-old Maria from the Donetsk region and 14-year-old Veronika from the Kherson region were returned from the temporarily occupied territories. The girls were in danger due to the occupation, but are now safe with their families.