He said that among those whom this time managed to return to eat a family with two children, the youngest of whom could not provide proper medical care in the conditions of temporary occupation. They tried several times to leave on their own, but to no avail. They also returned her mother with a child who did not want to receive Russian documents, because of which they became victims of constant psychological pressure and threats from the occupying authorities.
Ermak said that they all managed to return them as part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Bring Kids Back UA and thanked the Ombudsman of Ukraine for assistance in organizing children's salvation, as well as the state of Qatar for supporting Ukraine initiatives.
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By By the Ukrainian National Information Bureau for prisoners of war deported and missing, Russia deported or forcibly moved more than 19 thousand minor Ukrainians since the beginning of a full -scale invasion.
On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant of the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Russian children's ombudsman Maria Lvovo-Belova for the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.
On April 27, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution in which the deportation of Ukrainian children was called genocide.
The Russian Federation abducted more than 20 thousand Ukrainian children, another 1.5 million can be deported, said Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets in October 2024.
