Save Ukraine rescued 10 more children from the occupation, including 7 from a large family.
What is known about the return of children to Ukraine
The head of the Save Ukraine Foundation, Mykola Kuleba, reported the rescue of 10 more children from the Russian occupation, including 7 from a large family. The youngest child is 9 months old.
To date, we have already returned 345 children to Ukraine. It was not an easy task, since the youngest child was born in the occupation, and the documents issued by the occupation authorities are invalid in Ukraine. We were able to produce new documents and found a way to transfer them to the TOT, which was a challenge not only because of heavy shelling, communication interruptions, but also because of the risk of being exposed,” he writes.
According to him, the family had to walk 2.5 km of the humanitarian corridor. This transition was very difficult for them: the little one cried, was nervous, and the grandmother, whose health deteriorated sharply, had to be carried in a wheelchair.
The return of each child is an extremely difficult process that requires extraordinary efforts from each member of the team, Kuleba added.
What is known about Russia's abduction of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine
In 2023, the Online.UA team presented the documentary "Crippled Childhood", which reveals the truth about Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
The film contains real stories of children and their families affected by Russia's war against Ukraine, comments by leading scientists, psychologists, lawyers and experts on the protection of children's rights.
The heroes of the tape went through Russian captivity, torture, abduction to a health camp, some were separated from their parents during the so-called filtering measures.
