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Ukrainian Mother and Infant Safely Evacuated From Occupation as Part of Bring Kids Back UA

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Medical staff evacuate mothers and their newborn babies, patients at a maternity hospital slightly damaged after a drone attack in central Kharkiv on July 11, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)
Medical staff evacuate mothers and their newborn babies, patients at a maternity hospital slightly damaged after a drone attack in central Kharkiv on July 11, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)

As part of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy`s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, a young 23-year-old mother and her newborn son were successfully brought out of temporary occupation.

This was reported by the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak via Telegram on October 24

According to Yermak, the young woman`s life turned into a struggle for survival after the occupation of her hometown in 2022. Her refusal to obtain a Russian passport led to pressure from the occupying authorities. So-called “custody services” attempted to take away her newborn son, claiming that the mother was allegedly unable to provide for the child.

“She lived in constant fear for a year, hiding from the occupying authorities so as not to lose her child. The only thing the girl dreamed of was leaving to join her sister in Dnipro,” the Head of the President`s Office stated.

The mother and baby are now in Ukrainian-controlled territory. They are receiving the necessary assistance, including document restoration, psychological support, and accompaniment.

Previously, on October 16, Andriy Yermak reported the rescue of eight more Ukrainian children and teenagers.

According to him, Russian security forces attempted to take a one-and-a-half-year-old boy from his mother simply because they found contact information for a Ukrainian soldier on her phone.

A 17-year-old girl was evacuated after she witnessed Russian troops storming her family home and subjecting her relatives to brutal interrogations and beatings.

The group also includes two sisters, aged 13 and 16, who were not only forced to follow the Russian school curriculum and bullied for speaking their native Ukrainian language but were also forcibly enrolled in the “Movement of the First,” a state-sponsored organization aimed at the militarization of children for potential service in the Russian army.

Earlier, Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, recently recounted in an interview how she moved a 15-year-old orphan named Pylyp from the temporarly occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol to Russia.

Pylyp, who had lost his mother at age 10, had previously made clear his strong aversion to Russia and his desire not to reside there.

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