Ukraine brings back 11 more children abducted to Russia and occupied territories

The charity fund "Save Ukraine" reunited 11 more children illegally deported to Russia and occupied territories with their families, says the fund's director Mykola Kuleba.

The Save Ukraine team has already managed to return 161 children.

We thank everyone who supports us in this difficult, but such an important matter, the executive director added.

The Kremlin-appointed commissioner for children's rights Maria Lvova-Belova claims that Russia has "evacuated" about 4,8 million Ukrainians since the start of the all-out war. Among them were more than 700 thousand children who allegedly had no parents.

According to official data of the Ukrainian authorities, from February 24, 2022 Russia has deported 19,546 children. Currently, only 386 children are back home.

President Volodymyr Zelensky and Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, discussed the implementation of Ukraine's peace formula and the return of the children kidnapped by Russian troops.

Ukraine's Representative to the UN Serhii Kyslytsia said that Russia's invasion has affected all 7,5 million children. Authorities located all deported children in 57 regions of Russia.

After the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian authorities changed their tactics of deporting Ukrainian children.

Russian authorities began to use new definitions in official documents so that no one could accuse them of kidnapping. Rubryka found out which ones.