4 Ukrainian children returned from occupation: the story of a girl in a vyshyvanka.

On Friday, August 1, four more Ukrainian children were returned from Russian occupation to territory controlled by Ukraine. Among them is a 15-year-old girl who stubbornly wore a vyshyvanka to the occupying school.This was reported by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, on Telegram.As part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Bring Kids Back UA, a group of Ukrainian children has been rescued from temporarily occupied territories.Therefore, a 15-year-old girl returned to Ukraine, who stubbornly wore a vyshyvanka to the Russian school, defending her pro-Ukrainian position. For this, she was brutally bullied and beaten, and teachers wrote reports and threatened her mother with deprivation of parental rights. Two other rescued from Russian occupation are a 4-year-old girl and her 8-year-old brother. Their family was threatened with having their children taken away for refusing to attend the Russian school.Also, a 17-year-old boy returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine, who barely managed to avoid conscription to the Russian army, as he had already been issued a summons, and several classmates had already been drafted into service despite their young age.

'I am grateful to the Save Ukraine team and other partners for their help in rescuing these children. We are fulfilling the President's task — to return all children. #BringKidsBack',

Yermak noted.It is worth reminding that recently Ukrainian intelligence received new evidence of the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russians from temporarily occupied territories. Earlier, on July 19, it was possible to return another 11 abducted children to Ukraine. The occupiers illegally transported them to Russia.Ukrainian children have been returned, who found themselves under the influence of Russian occupation, including a 15-year-old girl, the vyshyvanka of which caused conflict and humiliation from teachers and classmates. This initiative continues to help rescue children and restore their innocence.