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Four children from the Russian-occupied Kherson region were returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory, including a 14-year-old girl with a disability, a 12-year-old boy, and two 15-year-old boys. The children had been forced to attend Russian schools and their parents were forced to obtain Russian passports, with the teenage boys also being put on the military register for potential conscription.

Poniativka, Kherson Oblast
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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Four more children from the Kherson region managed to be returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine. This is a 14-year-old girl with a disability, a 12-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The children were forced to attend a Russian school, and their parents were forced to obtain passports of the aggressor country.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Teenage boys were put on the military register so that they could be drafted into the occupation army later.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Since the beginning of 2024, it has been possible to return 52 children from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Four more children have been brought back to Ukrainian-controlled territory from the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast. These are a teenage girl, 14, with a disability, a boy, 12, and two teenage boys, 15.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

The parents were reportedly forced to send their children to a Russian school and obtain Russian citizenship. The boys were also enrolled in the military register so that they could be drafted into the Russian occupying forces later.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Four more children were brought back home from Russian-occupied territory in Kherson Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The four children returned included a 14-year-old girl with a disability, and three boys, one aged 12 and two 15-year-olds

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The children were forced to attend Russian school, and their parents were made to obtain Russian passports

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The teenage boys were required to enter their names in the military register so they could be potentially drafted in the future

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Since the beginning of 2024, 52 children have been brought back from Russian-occupied territory in Kherson Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

15 children have died as a result of detonation using explosive devices since the beginning of the full-scale war.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:04.941Z

Source story: 3848362-four-more-children-return-to-ukrainiancontrolled-territory