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Seven Ukrainian children (three boys and four girls aged 4 months to 13 years) were successfully returned from Russian-occupied areas of Kherson Oblast.

Kherson Oblast
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Kyiv Independent Ukrinform

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

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

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

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

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

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.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The children included three boys and four girls

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The charitable organization Save Ukraine worked on this return

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Extracted: 2026-03-22T23:57:25.807Z

Source story: 7-children-occupied-kherson