As part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, another 12 Ukrainian children have been successfully returned home.

This was reported by the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Daria Zarivna, who shared the stories of several boys rescued from occupied territories.

Among those returned is a boy from a large family.

The occupying authorities threatened to send children to an orphanage if they refused to attend a Russian propaganda school.

The boy was forcibly registered as a conscript. At school, he was ridiculed for speaking Ukrainian, while his older brother was abducted and tortured.

Another 10-year-old boy was almost taken from his grandmother when he tried to escape alone.

Armed Russian soldiers separated them and took the boy to an unknown location.

Thanks to the assistance of partners, evacuation of the grandmother and grandson was successful.

Information on the return of children from the Temporary Occupied Territories (TOT) and Russia: previously, Daria Zarivna, the director of Bring Kids Back UA, stated that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has taken 744,000 Ukrainian children to its territory.

According to human rights organizations, about 1.6 million children remain in temporarily occupied territories. Russia claims to have taken at least 744,000 Ukrainian children, mostly with their parents.

However, Kyiv cannot confirm or refute these figures as Russia does not provide the necessary information to Ukraine and international organizations.

Ukraine is actively working to return illegally deported children.

On April 9, six Ukrainian children were returned from occupation.

Two children were brought back on April 2, and another five on March 29.

Additionally, seven children were evacuated to territory controlled by Kyiv in early March.

In the Office of the President, it was reported that Russia controls up to 1.6 million minors who are either deported or living in occupied territories.