Ukrainian children reunited with their parents
Thirty-one Ukrainian children brought home after being taken to Russia
Today鈥檚 Mishal Husain spoke to the founder of the humanitarian organisation 鈥楽ave Ukraine鈥�, Mykola Kuleba, who is also the Ukraine鈥檚 former children鈥檚 ombudsman.
Kuleba explained how the charity 鈥楽ave Ukraine鈥� returned Ukrainian children home after they had been taken from Russian occupied areas.
Children were visiting what they had been told was a two week summer camp, and have only now been reunited with their parents six months later.
Some children, as young as eleven, spoke of being made to sing the Russian national anthem-- or write notes explaining why they hadn't. Thousands of Ukrainian families still have children in Russia.
Image credit: Valentyn Ogirenko, 07.04.23
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