Key points
- Four children aged 7 to 17 were returned from the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region.
- A 17-year-old boy was publicly humiliated and his family was pressured for singing the Ukrainian anthem in an occupation school.
- Another 17-year-old boy was forced to obtain a Russian passport – without it, he was threatened with not being issued a school certificate.
- All four children are currently safe and receiving necessary assistance.
- Since the beginning of 2026, 106 children have been returned from the occupied Kherson region.
Four children – a girl and three boys aged 7 to 17 – were returned from the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region, reported the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
A 17-year-old boy was publicly humiliated and his family was pressured for singing the Ukrainian anthem in an occupation school. Russian military personnel visited the family to conduct “educational conversations” and intimidate the relatives.
Another 17-year-old boy was forced to obtain a Russian passport – he was threatened that without this document, he would not receive a school certificate.
The children are currently safe, and they are receiving necessary assistance.
Prokudin noted that since the beginning of 2026, 106 children have been returned from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region.
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