{"id":1307013,"date":"2026-02-13T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1307013"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:37:08","slug":"five-more-children-kidnapped-by-russia-returned-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/five-more-children-kidnapped-by-russia-returned-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Five More Children Kidnapped by Russia Returned to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>As part of President Zelenskyy\u2019s <strong>Bring Kids Back Ua<\/strong> initiative, <strong>five Ukrainian children<\/strong> were returned from temporarily occupied territories (TOT) and Russia, the <strong>Dmytro Lubinets<\/strong>, Ukraine\u2019s Human Rights Commissioner, reported on Telegram,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;Five Ukrainian children have returned from TOT and Russia \u2014 and each return is a small, yet significant, victory for Ukraine,&#8221;<\/em> Lubinets said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The successful repatriation was credited to the active efforts of the <strong>Ombudsman\u2019s Office<\/strong> and the <strong>Save Ukraine<\/strong> organization. Lubinets also expressed gratitude to <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong> for her humanitarian support of Ukraine\u2019s initiative to return children.<\/p>\n   <p>The children returned range in age from <strong>4 to 15 years old<\/strong>. Among them:<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A <strong>seven-year-old boy<\/strong> who had been taken from the Kherson orphanage during the Russian occupation, now reunited with his mother.<\/li>\n   <li>A <strong>four-year-old boy and six-year-old girl<\/strong>, also abducted from the Kherson orphanage, who spent four years separated from their mother.<\/li>\n   <li>A <strong>nine-year-old boy<\/strong> whose mother died in Russia due to illness; he will now be reunited with his uncle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   <p>Lubinets emphasized the emotional impact of these reunifications:<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;These stories show that childhood, which should have been filled with warmth and stories, became a test of endurance. But now it\u2019s not just about the pain. It\u2019s about return. About first embraces after long years of separation.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, a total of <strong>1,985 children<\/strong> have been returned to Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>The Ombudsman\u2019s Office participates in all stages of the return process, from communicating with relatives to direct reunions at the border.<\/p>\n   <p>In a video shared on Telegram, one boy returned after nearly four years of separation joyfully exclaimed: <em>&#8220;The flag looks good on me!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n   <p>This effort underscores ongoing Ukraine-led initiatives to reunite children abducted by Russia with their families, continuing until <strong>every Ukrainian child is safely home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of President Zelenskyy\u2019s Bring Kids Back Ua initiative, five Ukrainian &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1307014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1307013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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