Bring Kids Back UA

As part of the President of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, the joint efforts of the @helping.to.leave team made it possible to return Olha*, Yuliia*, and Vasyl* to Ukrainian-controlled territory.

Olha is from a part of the Donetsk region that has been under Russian occupation since 2014. She contacted Helping to Leave to learn whether it was possible to leave and to receive assistance with returning to Ukraine.

With the support of the Coordination Headquarters, Olha obtained a certificate for return to Ukraine and was able to leave the occupied territory. Today, she is already in Ukrainian-controlled territory.

Yuliia and Vasyl are a young couple from the Donetsk region. For several years, they had been planning together how to leave the temporarily occupied territory and eventually contacted Helping to Leave for assistance.

The team helped organize their route and supported them throughout the journey. Due to their age, Yuliia and Vasyl did not have Ukrainian passports, so with the support of the Coordination Headquarters, they obtained certificates for return to Ukraine.

Today, Yuliia and Vasyl are already in Kyiv, where they are planning their future together and beginning a new chapter of their lives at home.

We thank the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War for facilitating their return.

*Names have been changed for security reasons.

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