Ukraine returns another child from occupied Mariupol

Vereshchuk wrote about this on Telegram. 

She noted that the boy grew up without parents and faced occupation in Mariupol in February last year. He is currently in Kyiv.

"Another boy was taken from occupied Mariupol. Vladyslav is growing up without parents. In February last year, he found himself under occupation, but he did not give up hope and effort. His journey was long and difficult, but in the end he is here with us in Kyiv," the statement says. 

Vereshchuk thanked the volunteers and everyone who helped return the boy to the government-controlled territories.

• On July 13, Ukraine took back from Russian occupation two children who were separated from their parents on the first day of the full-scale invasion. The grandmother refused to give the children to their mother, who had returned from captivity.

• On July 19, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke at the UN and read excerpts from the diaries of Ukrainian children who were under occupation. He addressed the audience and emphasized that he wanted them to hear the voices of children who had gone through occupation and suffering.