Three children from the occupied territory reunited with their mother, the eldest was persecuted by the Russian Federation, – Yermak

The children are safe now.

Three children who remained in the temporarily occupied territory after the Russian invasion were rescued and reunited with their mother. The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak reported this on Telegram .

Thus, within the framework of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, three children were rescued from the temporarily occupied territories. We are talking about a 17-year-old boy and two young boys.

“A young mother, who was forced to leave Ukraine because of the war, lived for a long time separated from her young sons, unable to take them from the temporarily occupied territory on her own. Thanks to the efforts of the rescue mission, the family was reunited, and now the children are safe,” Yermak said.

According to the head of the OP, the 17-year-old boy was subjected to persecution, numerous interrogations and threats because of his pro-Ukrainian position and assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Now he is safe, receives the necessary support and is preparing to study at a Ukrainian educational institution.

Ukrainian children in the occupied territories

Russian occupiers illegally remove Ukrainian children from Ukrainian territory. Data on those whom Russians have taken to the Russian Federation appears on Russian adoption websites . There is no mention of Ukrainian origin of any of the children.

Children are also being deported to Belarus . Over the past three years, 2,219 Ukrainian children have been taken there from territories under Russian occupation. Belarus, like Russia, has been “re-educating” Ukrainian children in the ideas of the “Russian world.”

(C)UNIAN 2025