Fifteen more children have been returned to Ukraine from occupied territories.

According to him, among those who returned was a large family, where the mother refused Russian documents and faced constant pressure because of this. Three teenagers also returned after receiving draft notices for the Russian army.

"Two young children, after losing their mother, ended up in a Russian orphanage, where they were isolated from their relatives, forced to sing propaganda songs, and trained in military matters," Ermak stated.

• Since the onset of the full-scale war, 19,546 children have been illegally taken from Ukraine, according to data from Bring Kids Back. Of these, at least 2,442 children were taken to Belarus. This figure only represents the cases that have been officially documented. Russia, on the other hand, claims that 700,000 children have been evacuated.
• In 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova in connection with the investigation into the illegal deportation of people from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, including children.
• The Kremlin denies allegations of forced deportation. Russian authorities assert that they were "saving children" from combat actions and are willing to return those whose parents and guardians reach out.