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Ukrainian Volunteers Successfully Evacuate Children From Temporarily Occupied Kherson Region

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Children play near a public football field in the village in the Dnipropetrovsk region on June 25, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)
Children play near a public football field in the village in the Dnipropetrovsk region on June 25, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)

Thanks to volunteers a group of children and teenagers aged between two and 17, was successfully evacuated from the temporarily occupied left-bank area of the Kherson region.

Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the regional military administration, announced the evacuation on December 5 via Facebook.

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Prokudin said a 17-year-old boy underwent combat training on the occupied territories, where he practiced in trenches, learned to disassemble weapons, and threw grenades. Meanwhile, two younger boys, aged 11 and 9, were forced to attend propaganda lessons several times a week at school. Their parents were pressured to donate money “for the Russian army's needs,” with threats to remove the boys from their family if they refused.

The mother of a 13-year-old girl was forced to send her child to a Russian school. On the way to school, Russian forces dropped explosives from drones. When the mother refused, representatives from the "military police" visited her home, threatening to imprison her, Prokudin said.

The evacuation was made possible through the President of Ukraine's Bring Kids Back UA initiative and with the support of the Save Ukraine charity, Prokudin reported.

“After everything they have gone through, the children receive psychological support and humanitarian aid necessary to begin a new life in a free land,” he added.

Earlier, seven Ukrainian children were returned to Ukraine from Russia with the help of US First Lady Melania Trump. According to the statement, the children, including six boys and one girl, have been reunited with their families in Ukraine.

Melania Trump expressed her support for the event, reaffirming her continued dedication to ensuring the safe return of children to their families in Ukraine.

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