Three more young Ukrainians rescued from occupation in Kherson region

Three children have been returned from the temporarily occupied left bank of the Kherson region. They were rescued thanks to the mission of the charity organization Save Ukraine.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, these are three boys aged 12 to 16 who went through difficult trials during the Russian occupation. They were forced to attend occupation schools, being under constant threat of being separated from their parents because they refused to comply with the occupiers' demands.

Currently, the children are safe and receive the necessary assistance from social services.

According to the official, since the beginning of 2024, 236 children from Kherson region have already been returned to the government-controlled territory. This confirms that Ukraine continues to fight for every child, regardless of the circumstances.

Recently, a program for the return and reintegration of children abducted by Russia, including orphans, was presented in Kherson. This program is being implemented as part of the Presidential initiative Bring Kids Back UA.

Previously, six children were returned from the occupied part of Kherson region. These are two girls and four boys aged 8 to 16. Among the returnees is a foster family raising a girl deprived of parental care. Her adult brother was evacuated with her.

In early October, four families from Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts, who had been living under the pressure of Russian occupation, finally broke free. In the TOT, the families were forced to submit to the harsh conditions of the occupiers - to obtain Russian passports, send their children to Russian schools, where they were taught false history and even forced to try on the uniforms of the invaders.

Ірина Глухова