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12 children (3 boys and 9 girls aged 2-17, including one child deprived of parental care) were returned to government-controlled territory from temporarily occupied Kherson region.

Kherson Oblast
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12 children were returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine from the TOT of Kherson region

Since the beginning of 2024, 120 children from Kherson Oblast have been returned to government-controlled territory

Twelve Ukrainian children have been successfully returned from Russian-occupied areas of Kherson Oblast, aged from two to 17

Twelve children were returned to territory controlled by Ukraine. Three boys and nine girls, aged between two and 17, were transferred from parts of the Kherson region that are under the control of Russian forces to the Ukrainian-held side.

One of the children had been deprived of parental care.

Kyiv has accused Moscow of abducting almost 20,000 children from parts of the east and south of Ukraine.

In the Kherson region, Russian occupants dropped explosives from a drone on the territory of a farm, resulting in one death and one injury. A 53-year-old man who was in the yard was killed by the explosion.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:04:31.344Z

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