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Seven children aged four months to 13 years were returned from Russian-occupied territory in the Kherson region to Ukrainian-controlled territory. The children include three boys and four girls.

Veletenske, Kherson Oblast
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Seven more children aged four months to 13 years have been returned from the TOT of the Kherson region to the territory controlled by Ukraine

The children included three boys and four girls

The charitable organization Save Ukraine worked on this return

Seven Ukrainian children have been successfully returned from Russian-occupied areas of Kherson Oblast, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

The children include three boys and four girls aged between 4 months old and 13 years old.

Over 19,500 children have been confirmed as abducted by Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and fewer than 400 of them have been brought back home, according to the Children of War database.

One person was killed in the Kherson region due to hostile shelling.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:04:31.810Z

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