A mother and her young son, who were forcibly deported to Russia from the village of Lyptsi in Kharkiv Oblast on March 16, 2022, returned to Ukraine after the Ombudsman helped facilitate their return through the State Migration Service.
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A mother and her young son, who were deported to Russia, have returned to Ukraine
The family lived in the village of Lyptsi in Kharkiv Oblast before the full-scale war
On 16 March 2022, the occupying authorities forcibly took the family to Voronezh Oblast
The Russian side did not let the mother and her young son through the border several times despite having all necessary documents
The family crossed the Ukrainian border from the Russian side on 18 June
A 35-year-old man was injured in a mortar attack against Lyptsi in the Kharkiv district, and a 65-year-old man was wounded by artillery in Pershotravneve in the Izium district.
A 42-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, identified as volunteers, were killed near Huryiv Kozachok by an ATGM direct hit.
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