Ukraine returns one more abducted child – ombudsman

Another child was returned to Ukraine as part of the Bring Kids Back UA action plan.

The Verkhovna Rada [Ukraine's parliament – ed.] Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, reported that on Facebook.

"Ukraine managed to return one more child. The boy can now hug his relatives. We are working within the framework of implementing the Bring Kids Back UA action plan initiated by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The President's task is to return all Ukrainian children," the message reads.

^{Photo: Facebook/Dmytro.lubinets}

The return took place within the framework of the work of the Coordination Headquarters under the leadership of the Head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak. Technical support was provided by the staff of the Ombudsman's Office.

"We continue to work. We expect positive results soon," Lubinets emphasized.

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It should be noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been deporting Ukrainian children en masse from the occupied territories.

They are taken to Crimea, the Russian Federation, or Belarus, supposedly for "rehabilitation" or to rest in camps.

It should be noted that in the case of the deportation of Ukrainian children, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova.

In June, the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, said Russia had taken about 19,500 children out of Ukraine. Their return process is complex and long, as the Russians refuse to facilitate.

Also, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, reported that the Russian Federation has already adopted 386 Ukrainian children who were illegally taken out of the temporarily occupied territories by the occupiers.