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teddy bear and candles on the demonstration for the safe return of deported to Russia Ukrainian children

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Latest news Ukraine

Rights official: Russia using fake diagnoses to abduct Ukrainian children

Russia is utilizing at least six methods to forcibly relocate Ukrainian children onto its territory, according to Daria Herasymchuk, Ukraine's President's Commissioner for Children's Rights and Rehabilitation of Children.

byMichelle Bondar

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine returns four abducted children from Russian captivity

So far, Ukraine has returned over 500 children illegally deported to Russia, amid official estimates of 20,000 minors being forcibly taken in total.

byMichelle Bondar

russian evacuation deportation adoption of ukrainian children

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine condemns Russia’s citizenship decree for displaced children

Russia automatically grants citizenship to displaced Ukrainian orphans in contravention of international law and Ukrainian rights, aiming to assimilate the children and prevent their return, Ukraine's MFA says.

byYuri Zoria

russians exhibit ukrainian children mother killed mariupol war propaganda concert moscow luzhniki

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Latest news Ukraine

Ombudsman: Putin issues order granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainian children

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets warns that there is a possibility that no Ukrainian child will remain in Russia, as they could all become Russian citizens within the next three months.

byIryna Voichuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine repatriates another teenager illegally deported to Russia

17-year-old Oleksandr illegally displaced from Russian-occupied Mariupol to Moscow region in April 2022, recently returned home thanks to civil society and government efforts.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

More deported Ukrainian children arrive in Belarus, Lukashenka confirms

Belarus hosts more Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas, promising to “make their childhood happier,” and declaring them part of the Belarusian family, Belarusian President Lukashenka said during a charity event in Minsk

byIryna Voichuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine returns three more kids from Russian-occupied territories on Christmas eve

Before Christmas, Ukraine brought back from Russian-occupied territories an eight-year-old who faced the threat of forced adoption in Russia and two 18-year-olds who might have been drafted to fight against Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

Latest news Ukraine

Three more children returned to Ukraine from Russia and occupied areas

The children successfully returned to Ukraine under President's "Bring Kids Back UA" initiative.

byOrysia Hrudka

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International

Int’l coalition formed in Ukraine to bring back Ukrainian kids forcibly deported by Russia

An international coalition has been established to tackle Russia's ongoing abduction of Ukrainian children. The initiative aims to ensure the safe return of these children to their families.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia to release six Ukrainian children amid Qatar mediation

Qatar maintains its key role as a mediator, successfully securing the release of six more Ukrainian children and facilitating their reunion with their families in Ukraine.

byIryna Voichuk

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Latest news Ukraine

US Diplomat: “Sinister Russian NGOs” involved in abducting Ukrainian children

Russia's filtration programs violate the Geneva Conventions, as the mass abduction of Ukrainian children has become a horrifying phenomenon.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia preparing to deport more children from occupied Ukrainian territories

Russian occupation administrations have been ordered to compile new lists of Ukrainian children without guardianship for potential deportation, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center reported.

byIryna Voichuk

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Latest news Ukraine

BBC: Putin ally Mironov adopts Ukrainian child illegally deported from Kherson by Russian military

Sergey Mironov, the key political ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has adopted a child seized from a…

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Teen deported to Russia from Mariupol returns to Ukraine

Bogdan Ermokhin, who was forcibly deported to Russia and adopted in 2022, found himself at risk of conscription into the Russian army just after his 18th birthday. Today, he has successfully returned to Ukraine.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Research: Thousands of Ukrainian children abducted to Belarus

Yale University's study exposes the forced relocation of over 2,400 Ukrainian children to Belarusian facilities amidst Russia's invasion, detailing extensive systematic operations.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Teen deported to Russia from Mariupol will return to Ukraine

"I can officially confirm that we have made arrangements for Bogdan's return to Ukraine and his reunion with his sister," Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.

byIryna Voichuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Activist hands ICC alleged evidence of Lukashenka’s involvement in Russia’s Ukraine children abductions

Exiled Belarus activist presents ICC dossier revealing Belarus ruler Lukashenka's complicity in illegally deporting Ukrainian children to Belarus, incorporating insider insights.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Several more children deported by Russians have returned to Ukraine

One Kherson Oblast family separated due to the war, with the mother, a servicewoman, unable to evacuate her son when Russia occupied part of the region.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine initiates Bring Kids Back UA platform, unifying efforts to return children deported by Russia

The project provides up-to-date statistics, outlines efforts for their return, and shares personal stories of those reunited with their families.

byIryna Voichuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine, OSCE to coordinate on returning deported Ukrainian children, civilians from Russian captivity

Ukraine's FM Dmytro Kuleba discussed the issue of returning deported and imprisoned Ukrainians during a meeting with Bujar Osmani, the chairman-in-office of the OSCE in Ukraine's capital on 16 October.

byIryna Voichuk