Ukraine successfully returned 31 Ukrainian children who had been abducted by Russia from the occupied territories. This was the fifth rescue mission conducted by Save Ukraine charitable foundation.

The fifth rescue mission is now ending, and 31 children will arrive in Kyiv in a few hours.

With each mission, the number of hours of FSB interrogations, and ordeals that families have to go through to get their children back, increases.

Ukraine returned 31 children deported to Russia, announced by Mykola Kuleba on April 8, with arrival expected in Kyiv late afternoon.

31 Ukrainian children deported by the Russians are returning to Ukraine on April 8

This was the 5th rescue mission organized by Save Ukraine

31 children were on their way to Kyiv

The grandmother who was supposed to pick up two children died during the mission

The Russians pressured parents to thank the Russian Federation for keeping their children

There are data on 1.5 million Ukrainian children who ended up in the territory of the Russian Federation or in occupied territories after 2014