Five Ukrainian children were returned from the territories temporarily occupied by the Russians and the Russian Federation as part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back Ua.
Points of attention
- Five Ukrainian children abducted by Russia have been successfully returned through the initiative Bring Kids Back Ua, bringing hope and joy to reunited families.
- Efforts by the Ombudsman's Office and Save Ukraine played a crucial role in the safe return of these children who were separated from their families during the occupation.
- The heartwarming stories of children being reunited with their grandparents, mothers, and other loved ones showcase the resilience and determination of Ukrainian families amidst challenging circumstances.
Ukraine returns 5 children abducted by Russia
This was reported by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Dmytro Lubinets.
Five Ukrainian children returned from the TOT and the Russian Federation — and each return became a small, but at the same time a great victory for Ukraine.
Dmytro Lubinets
Ombudsman of Ukraine
According to Lubinets, this happened thanks to the active efforts of the team of the Ombudsman's Office, within the framework of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back Ua. The public organization Save Ukraine also joined this process. The Ombudsman thanked them for their support.
As Lubinets noted, "the returned seven-year-old boy was in the Kherson Children's Home, from where the Russians deported him during the occupation of the city. But the mother fought for the return of the child and turned to the Ombudsman's Office: now the dearest people are together again."
A similar family separation, Lubinets noted, was also experienced by a four-year-old brother and six-year-old sister. They were also kidnapped by Russians from the Kherson Children's Home. The children were deported for four years and did not see their mother.
The woman last hugged her children when they were practically babies. Today they are together again.
Lubinets told another story - about a nine-year-old boy: the child and his mother ended up in Russia, where the woman died of a serious illness. At first, the boy's grandfather tried to take him away, but he failed.
Today, the boy will be reunited with another loved one — his uncle.
In total, 1,985 children have already been returned since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the ombudsman reported.
To learn more about Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children, watch the documentary "Damaged Childhood," created by Ukrainian independent media and video production company Online.UA:
