Eleven Ukrainian children have been successfully returned to Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territories and Russia as part of President Zelenskyy's Bring Kids Back UA initiative. The effort was carried out by the Office of the Ukrainian Ombudsman with the mediation of the State of Qatar.

The youngest child returned today is 10 years old, and the oldest is 17.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a total of 1,453 children have already been brought home from the temporarily occupied territories and Russia.

A few stories of families:

▪ The mother of a 13-year-old girl was released from Russian captivity in April 2023. Her daughter and grandmother remained in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region. The girl kept asking how she could find her mother and live with her again. Today, after long and meticulous work, for the first time since the full-scale invasion began, the mother and daughter were reunited.

▪ Five children from one family were also returned. The children's parents had been deprived of parental rights, and during intense fighting in their region, their guardian took them to Russia. For some time, there was no information about the children's whereabouts. Eventually, they managed to contact their sister in Ukraine and expressed their wish to return home. Today, the large family is back together.

Thanks to coordinated efforts, these children are home today. Ukraine is deeply grateful to the State of Qatar for facilitating the reunification of these families.

Ukraine will continue working to ensure that all our citizens return home.

: Ombudsman of Ukraine
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1946565257096462436

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