Before Christmas, Ukraine brought back from Russian-occupied territories an eight-year-old who faced the threat of forced adoption in Russia and two 18-year-olds who might have been drafted to fight against Ukraine.
From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA
Ukraine has returned three more children from the Russian-occupied territories, and “they are already safe, waiting for recovery and return to normal life,” Mykola Kuleba, former Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights and founder of Save Ukraine, said in a statement, according to RFE/RL.
Kuleba noted that this marked the 14th rescue mission by the organization, during which they successfully reunited 14 children with their families, seven of whom had been deprived of parental care.
The head of Save Ukraine noted that among the reunited children is 8-year-old Yelisey, whose mother lived in Odesa while he lived with his grandmother in the occupied Kherson Oblast. After Gramma’s death, Russian authorities placed him in an orphanage, denying custody to his cousin, who tried to retrieve him.
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