11 Ukrainian children returned from Russian occupation with Qatar's mediation

On February 20, 11 Ukrainian children were returned to Ukraine from Russian-occupied territories

This was reported by Andriy Yermak on his Telegram channel.

With the assistance of Qatar, Ukraine managed to return 11 children from the Russian occupation. The returned children are aged from 2 to 16 years.

"The work on family reunification was carried out in cooperation with the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets as part of the implementation of the approved action plan of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA. We are fulfilling the task of the President of Ukraine - returning deported and forcibly displaced children," Yermak wrote.

The Presidential Administration stressed that Russia is committing genocide against Ukrainians, but Ukrainians are fighting and will return all its people.

What is known about the return of Ukrainain children from TOT

On September 14, 2023, Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said that 386 young Ukrainians had been returned home since the creation of a separate coordination headquarters for children. These are only those children who were deported to the territory of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the number of children returned from the occupation will be counted separately.

"We decided to divide these date because it is one thing to return a child from the territory of the Russian Federation after deportation, and another thing is when we return children who were forcibly displaced within the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine," Lubinets said.

In November, Save Ukraine evacuated four children with their families from the occupied territories.

On December 14, four more children were returned from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The parents of one of the children serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On December 16, Ukraine, with the assistance of Qatar, returned three more children abducted by Russia.