French media outlet Franceinfo published a story about the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia and the difficult path of their return home.
The article states that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia or the temporarily occupied territories. Only about 2,000 children have been returned.
The journalists tell the story of 14-year-old Bohdan from...
Darya Kasyanova, Head of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network and Program Director of the CO "SOS Children's Villages" Ukraine, gave a large interview to the publication The Good Men Project. У The conversation is about the return, reintegration and protection of Ukrainian children deported or forcibly displaced by Russia during the war.
"Deportation or staying on the territory of Russia is only one element in a long chain of harm done to a child....
At the beginning of the full-scale war, just like in 2014, the state was not ready to evacuate orphans and children deprived of parental care from boarding schools that were on the front line in time. Unfortunately, some of these institutions ended up under occupation, and some were deported. For the Russian Federation, this became a pretext for manipulation and blackmail, as well as illegal adoptions of Ukrainian children by Russian citizens. And for...
Natalia Humeniuk tells LB.ua about the way of leaving the temporarily occupied territories and successful reintegration of children. She works as a case manager at the Ukrainian Child Rights Network. She meets children who have escaped from the occupation at the Domanovo checkpoint, accompanies them to Kyiv, and then helps them get back on their feet and start a new life.
- At the beginning of the summer, I met a guy who was 21 years old at the time. He...
Darya Kasyanova, head of the board of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network and a PhD in demography, sociology, economics and politics, told BBC Ukraine that she believes the increased payments will not significantly affect the birth rate.
"Still, now people think first of all about security, whether they can provide it to their own children. So I think it's more a matter of overcoming the very high poverty of families with children, child poverty,"...
After returning from the occupation, children often smile for the first time in a long time. But along with the smile, there is fear, anxiety and distrust. And it is at this moment that they are met by specialists who know how to be there for them without unnecessary words.
Natalia Humeniuk, a case manager at the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, is one of those who meet children immediately upon their return. She works with teenagers who were returned from...
