Ukraine never forgets about saving children

As reported by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, we are talking about minors aged 10 to 17.

I was particularly impressed by the story of a family from which we returned five siblings. The children were taken to Russia, and for a long time there was no information about them. Only later did they themselves contact their adult sister in Ukraine and ask: take us home.

Andriy Yermak

Head of the OPU

According to him, even after that, the way home turned out to be extremely difficult.

The key problem was that the Russian guardianship authorities exerted pressure, delayed the process, and forced them to change their minds.

What is important to understand is that the rescue of Ukrainian children was only possible after more than a year of hard and painstaking work.

This story is another reminder: Ukraine does not stop until its children are home. I am grateful to our partners, the State of Qatar for their mediation, as well as to the team of the Office of the Ombudsman of Ukraine for their coordinated and principled work.

Andriy Yermak emphasized that the authorities are fulfilling the task of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy - to return everyone.

To learn more about Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children, watch the documentary "Damaged Childhood," created by Ukrainian independent media and video production company Online.UA: