Save Ukraine: four more children returned to Ukraine from the occupied territories
In a Russian school, they were forced to wrap themselves in the Russian flag and walk around like that all day
Four Ukrainian children and their families have been returned from the occupied territories, said Mykola Kuleba, founder of Save Ukraine.
"During the last school year under occupation, two of these children studied at a Ukrainian school online, while Russian raids were constantly taking place in the villages. During such classes, the mother of the Ukrainian children looked out the window and made sure that Russian soldiers did not break into the house. Eventually, the Russian military began to threaten the parents that they would take their children, take away their house, and deport them. Therefore, the family was forced to send their children to a Russian school," Kuleba wrote on his telegram channel.
According to him, at the school, Ukrainian children "were obliged to wrap themselves in the Russian flag and walk in it until the end of the lessons."
"When some children got tired and asked to take it off, the teacher agreed. However, a moment later, an armed Russian soldier scolded the children for 'not loving Russia'.
In the school corridors, children constantly saw such soldiers with weapons standing outside classrooms and taking 10-year-old Ukrainians for "educational conversations" for carelessly saying "please" in class. Fortunately, the children had time to go to the Russian school for only four days before our rescuers took the family away."
According to Kuleba, the families have already crossed the Ukrainian border and are safe.
Save Ukraine notes that the team managed to return 204 children from Russia and the occupied territories.
Background. Earlier it was reported that Russia, with the mediation of Qatar, agreed to return four children to Ukrainian families.
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