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Yermak stated that under Zelensky’s “Bring Back the Children” initiative, 16 more Ukrainian children were freed from temporarily occupied territories.

He said that a 15-year-old girl fled with her aunt after the Russians sentenced her parents and brother to long prison terms on fabricated charges. Yermak also shared details about other children:

“A 14-year-old girl and her 7-year-old sister lost their home and all belongings after a fire. A 15-year-old girl and her family hardly left their house for three years out of fear that occupiers might come to take the children. A 10-year-old boy was nearly taken from his family by the occupiers’ so-called ‘child protection service.’”

Yermak stressed that all the children are now safe in Ukraine and receiving psychological support: “The children are renewing their documents and taking their first steps toward a new, peaceful life.”