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Evacuation from Russian-occupied areas returns 14 children to Ukraine

by Elsa Court and The Kyiv Independent news desk August 29, 2024 8:54 PM 1 min read
A picture posted by Andriy Yermak, Presidential Office head, on Telegram after 14 children were returned to Ukraine from Russian-occupied territories on Aug. 29, 2024. (Andriy Yermak / Telegram)
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Several Ukrainian families, including 14 children, have been evacuated from Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, Presidential Office head, announced on Aug. 29.

The families with children were evacuated from occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts as part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, Yermak said.

The children range in age from 2.5 months old to 16 years old.

Yermak said the families faced threats while living in Russian-occupied territory, such as their homes being searched by the Russian security services, their children being deported to Russia, and being forced to take Russian passports.

The return of Ukrainian children from occupied territories "remains one of the priorities," Yermak said.

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Moscow has abducted Ukrainian children from occupied territories and forcibly transfered them within the occupied territories or to Russia itself.

According to the Ukrainian government’s database, Russia has illegally abducted at least 19,500 children since February 2022, and less than 400 have returned home thus far.

Canada allocates over $7 million for return, reintegration of Ukrainian children
The funds will be directly transferred to UNICEF in Ukraine, Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Aug. 21. Canada will also allocate funds to international organizations providing services to Ukrainian children.
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