15 children and teenagers were rescued from occupation by the Save Ukraine team last week. This became possible thanks to the support of partners within the framework of the President of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative. Each of them lived through constant pressure, threats, and fear, but today that is finally behind them.

Among those rescued:

🔹 19-year-old Myron, whose home was searched by FSB officers because he refused to attend a russian school. To avoid being drafted into the enemy army, he had to enroll in a college. However, the russians still interrogated him several times and pressured him to sign a military contract.

🔹 18-year-old Kateryna, who continued studying secretly in a Ukrainian online school the entire time, even though she had to search for a stable connection for every class. Several times, armed soldiers came to their home, searched the entire house, and confiscated her father’s car.

🔹 18-year-old Oleksandr, who openly argued with the “teachers” at his russian school. During so-called “anti-terrorist exercises,” children were forced to lie face down on the floor at gunpoint and were taught that it is better to obey people with weapons. After receiving another draft notice from the enemy, he decided to leave occupation.

For these and 12 other children, occupation is now in the past. Today, they are recovering in our Hope and Healing Centers, where they receive comprehensive psychological support, assistance with restoring documents, safe and comfortable housing, and the opportunity to start a new life.

However, thousands of children still remain trapped, where they are forced to forget their roots and are openly prepared for war. But we do not stop.

🙏🏻 We thank our partners Wladimir Klitschko, Tatjana Kiel, #WeAreAllUkrainians, and the Joint Center for Coordination of Search and Release Efforts — together, we are bringing Ukrainian children home.

Thanks to Save Ukraine, more than 1,300 children are already home.