The Ombudsman said how many Ukrainian children returned from the Russian Federation

Ukraine managed to return 1,002 children from Russian territory and temporarily occupied lands, but the Russian Federation forcibly expelled almost 20 thousand more. This was said on Tuesday, November 12, by Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets in Brussels at the European Parliament at a conference dedicated to the return of Ukrainian children home, writes Radio Liberty.

“First of all, our international partners help us. The main partner on the issue of the return of Ukrainian children is Qatar. As a result, we continue to increase the number of Ukrainian children we return from Russia. temporarily occupied the territories of Ukraine,” said Dmitry Lubinets.

The Ombudsman emphasized that Russia forcibly removed 19,546 children in total, while suggesting that the real number is higher and will continue to grow.

“They do not provide any information about the Ukrainian children who live in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, the children deported by the Russian Federation will grow up,” said Lubinets.

The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights also added that the Russian Federation is “postponing as long as possible” the process of returning Ukrainian children.

Lubinets called on the international community to create a permanent body for the return of Ukrainian children, join a coalition of countries working on it, collect information about forcibly displaced children, develop programs for their rehabilitation and work to bring those responsible to justice.

Law enforcement officials have collected evidence against a Russian war criminal involved in the deportation of Ukrainian children during the occupation of the Nikolaev region. We are talking about the squad commander of the 205th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian armed forces – Dzhabrail Yusupov, call sign Gabriel.

We remind you that the Security Service reported suspicion on the Gauleiter of the Donetsk region Denis Pushilin and his accomplices, who deported more than 30 Ukrainian children from the VOT to Russia.

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that the highest military-political leadership of the Russian Federation is participating in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.