Five more Ukrainian children returned from Russian occupation

Five more children were returned from the occupied territories to the territory controlled by Ukraine. This was possible thanks to the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA.

This was reported by Daria Zarivna, Communications Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, via Telegram on Tuesday, January 28.

Ukrainian children returned home

The children were under Russian occupation for a long period of time. They are between 1.5 and 18 years old. Among them is the 15-year-old daughter of the Ukrainian defender, a wonam who was recently released from Russian captivity. The family was forced to hide their intentions to leave in order not to harm the defender while she was still in captivity.

"Also, an 8-year-old boy returned home, who, despite the occupiers' ban, had been secretly studying at a Ukrainian online school all this time," noted Daria Zarivna.

Among the returned children is a 17-year-old boy. He personally applied for help to escape the occupation and continue building a future in Ukraine. He celebrated his 18th birthday at home.

As a reminder, children whose parents are in captivity came out to support prisoners of war. The event took place in Kharkiv.

The bodies of 757 fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine as a result of repatriation activities. The defenders fought in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.