Another group of children from the occupied Kherson region returns home

Another group of children aged 11 to 17 has been returned from the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region.

This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin.

"The rescued girls and boys are currently undergoing rehabilitation, receiving psychological assistance and restoring their documents. During their stay in the TOT, they had to go through searches, inspections, humiliation and psychological pressure. Now they have the opportunity to study and make plans for the future again," Prokudin wrote.

This became possible thanks to the implementation of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative and the assistance of Save Ukraine. Now the boys and girls are undergoing rehabilitation, receiving psychological assistance, restoring their documents, and are able to continue their education.

Earlier, Ukraine Media Center presented an analytical study "Russia's Policy of Destroying the Identity of Children in the TOT of Ukraine: Results of 2024", according to which, as of October 2024, about 1.6 million children under the age of 18 live in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. According to the researchers, the largest number of children is in the occupied part of Donetsk region - 462,476. There are 310,227 in Luhansk region, 184,479 in Zaporizhzhia region, and 149,823 in Kherson region.

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Earlier, a new group of children was evacuated from the occupied Kherson region. Among the evacuees are orphans, children deprived of parental care, and those who have one or both parents. In particular, they include a 5-year-old boy who witnessed his mother's death during a Russian drone attack; three children who had hardly left their homes for a long time because of the threat of seizure; and a 4-year-old girl and her mother who lived on a mined street.

Катерина Глушко