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30
March
2023

Ukraine ready to take back deported Ukrainian orphans on Russia's border with any EU country – Vereschuk

KYIV. March 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereschuk, who is also the Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, has said that Ukraine is ready to take back deported Ukrainian orphans on the border of Russia with any member state of the European Union.

“The process of returning [children to Ukraine] is conducted point-by-point. Sometimes all necessary procedures and trips take many months. We have managed to return 327 children from the territory of Russia through this procedure. If the babies have parents, they do this. While the orphans and children deprived of parental care have the state,” the ministry quoted Vereschuk as saying.

She also said that Ukraine is ready to take back all of its orphans.

“I propose the following procedure for this. With the mediation of international organizations – the UN, ICRC, or any other [organization] – we are ready to come to any European country to the border with Russia. For example, to Estonia, Narva. And take back all Ukrainian orphans who have been illegally kept in Russia,” the minister said.