Seven Ukrainian children and their families evacuated from Russian-occupied territories in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, with assistance from Ukrainian ombudsman representatives, state agencies, and charities.
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Seven more Ukrainian children have left the temporarily occupied territories. These children and their families left Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts.
Seven more children have left the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions with their families.
Families experienced real horror during the occupation and witnessed Russians looting the homes of local residents, forcing them to take Russian passports, committing violence against Ukrainians, and forcing children to study at school according to the canons of the 'Russian world.'
Families with teenage boys left the TOT so that their children would not be taken to the Russian army later.
Ukraine brought back seven more children from the Russian-occupied territories on April 3.
Seven children and their families left the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
The Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported that families experienced horror during occupation, including witnessing looting, violence, forced Russian passport acquisition, and children being educated according to 'Russian world' canons.
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