Five more children returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory from temporarily occupied Kherson region

According to Ukrinform, this was announced on Facebook by Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration. "Five more children from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region have returned to territory controlled by Ukraine. They are three boys and two girls aged between 10 and 17," the statement said. According to Prokudin, among those rescued were two teenagers, aged 17 and 14, who had endured constant pressure, threats and propaganda from Russian occupying forces. "The 17-year-old boy was forced to attend an occupation-run school after his family was threatened. Armed Russian soldiers regularly broke into the family's home, conducted searches, and checked their phones and other electronic devices.