Ukraine has returned another 13 children along with their families from the temporarily occupied territories by Russia, according to the Telegram page of the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak.
According to Yermak, seven children along with their families returned from the occupied territories, while another six were returned within the framework of the implementation of the approved action plan of the President of Ukraine, Bring Kids Back UA.
After their return, all families visited the Children's Rights Protection Center, where they shared their stories with competent authorities.
"I am grateful to my colleagues from the Office of the President and the Ombudsman's team for their coordinated work, and to the State of Qatar for mediating. The President's task is to return everyone. We continue to work," Yermak noted.
Photo: Ukraine has returned another 13 children from the occupation (t.me/ermaka)
Photo: Ukraine has returned another 13 children from the occupation (t.me/ermaka)
Photo: Ukraine has returned another 13 children from the occupation (t.me/ermaka)
Photo: Ukraine has returned another 13 children from the occupation (t.me/ermaka)
Deportation and return of Ukrainian children
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russians have been deporting Ukrainian children en masse. They are taken to Belarus, the Russian Federation, and some to the occupied Crimea.
The deportation of Ukrainian children was the reason for the issuance of the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation's Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.
At the same time, Ukraine manages to return children home.
In particular, as reported in April by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, Qatar helped Ukraine return four groups of children home. Work on returning Ukrainian children to their homeland continues.
