Ukraine returned 10 children from Russian occupation, – ombudsman
Source: ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, reported that 10 children returned from the Russian occupation.
They were in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. Now they in the Ukraine-controlled territory.
The parents said that without a Russian passport it was impossible to do anything in the occupied territories, even medical assistance was not provided.
In addition, the Russians conducted baseless searches in houses in the presence of children. One of the families was forced to live in a house damaged by a Russian shell.
The occupation administration forced children to attend school and sing the national anthem of the Russian Federation every Monday.
The Russians threatened to take the children away from parents for trying to get an online Ukrainian education.
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