15 children and teenagers were rescued from russian occupation by the Save Ukraine team last week. This became possible thanks to the support of our partners within the framework of the President of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative. Each of them endured threats, pressure, and attempts to erase their identity. But today, that is finally behind them.

Among those rescued:

🔹 18-year-old Mykyta, who was forced to move constantly to avoid conscription into the russian army. He refused to attend a russian school because of its intense propaganda and secretly continued his education online. One day, he was forced to get into a fight with a drunken russian soldier to protect underage girls from harassment.

🔹 17-year-old Ivan, whom the occupation authorities tried to force onto military registration lists. The so-called “police” repeatedly came to his home for inspections, while a military commissar openly threatened his mother with criminal charges. Ivan’s brother was abducted following a neighbor’s denunciation and was brutally tortured in captivity for six months.

🔹 13-year-old Sofia, who had to hide at home every day until evening so the occupation authorities would not discover that she was refusing to attend a russian school. Her family constantly received threats that she would be taken away and placed in a boarding institution. They also struggled to survive under relentless drone attacks as russian forces deliberately terrorized their village.

For these children, and 12 others, occupation is now in the past. Today, they are receiving rehabilitation at our Hope and Healing Centers, where they receive psychological support, assistance with documents, a safe place to live, and everything they need to dream again and build their future.

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

🙏 We are deeply grateful to our partners Wladimir Klitschko, Tatjana Kiel, WeAreAllUkrainians, The Humanity Funds, 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 back home.