Six more Ukrainian children and their mothers have returned from the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions and Crimea, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, has said.
This was reported by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak.
“These are children aged from 3 to 17 years. They have gone through difficult trials during the occupation. They were forced to study in Russian schools, where most of the educational process was filled with propaganda. In case of refusal, their parents were blackmailed, threatened with deprivation of parental rights, illegal searches and interrogations. Some children had health problems, but could not get the necessary treatment and medicines,” Yermak reported.
One of the families had to go into hiding to avoid forcing the child to attend a Russian school. The child continued to study at the Ukrainian school online.