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2,000 Ukrainian children returned home from Russian captivity through the Bring Kids Back initiative.
Zelenskyy says work won't stop "until every child is back" - tens of thousands remain under Russian control, forcibly separated from their families.
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Five more children taken by Russia have been brought back to Ukraine through the Bring Kids Back initiative. Ombudsman Lubinets thanked US First Lady Melania Trump for her support.
Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding
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🇺🇦 Another group of children and adolescents aged 3 months to 17 years were returned from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region.
Among rescued are a 17-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy who witnessed the torture of their mother during the invasion by Russian troops.
Lumen has sinkholed over 550 command and control servers for the Kimwolf botnet
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REPORTING CSAM WORKS.
Tips submitted to NCMEC’s CyberTipline help law enforcement identify offenders, rescue children, and prevent future abuse.
If you see something, report it: cybertipline.org
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❤️🩹 A group of children and teenagers has been returned to Ukraine from Russian occupation.
One 10-year-old was bullied for being Ukrainian, while her younger brothers were forced to sing Russian songs and donate to the occupying army.
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🇺🇦 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Bring Kids Back UA initiative with the support of Save Ukraine successfully returned these children from temporary occupation. They're now receiving the necessary care & support.
We will not rest until every kidnapped child is returned home to Ukraine 🧵
She faced persecution, including attempt to seize her child after refusing to obtain Russian passport, Andrii Yermak, head President's Office, reported
On 24 October, Ukrainian rescuers brought home 23-year-old mother and her newborn from occupied territories
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❤️🩹 23-year-old mother and her newborn son were successfully brought out of temporary Russian occupation.
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⚡️Two Ukrainian families, including children, were rescued from Russian-occupied territories under Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
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⚡️Russia threatened to send a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy to a psychiatric hospital in occupied Crimea for refusing to study under a Russian curriculum.
Under the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, Ukraine has brought home 22 more children from occupied territories.
Thousands of Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported by Russia.
Behind every story is a family torn apart.
This cannot be tolerated.
Today, the EU joined the International Coalition for the Return of Abducted Children.
We will not rest until these children are back home.
⚡️ Zelenskyy: Ukraine has already brought home 1,625 children abducted by Russia.
“Each return is a success and a life saved, but also a challenge, because the child must be reintegrated and protected from the trauma they endured,” he added.
💔 16 children were returned to Ukraine from Russian occupation.
Among them: 17-year-old Mark, forced onto a military register, and 2-year-old Solomiya, who nearly died when Russians blocked her hospital visit.
Ukrainian teen Marta secretly studied online, waited until she turned 18, then fled Russian-occupied Donetsk to Kyiv.
In July, a globally coordinated operation dismantled the BlackSuit #ransomware group, confiscating $1M+ in illicit crypto. The takedown “highlights that ransomware endures because it is profitable & seizing illicit funds strikes at that incentive,” IST’s Gigi Flores Bustamante writes.
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“These guys are very scary… the power they have over my daughter is mind-blowing.”
A mother shared this after her child was targeted in a sadistic online enticement case. Parents and caregivers, here’s what you need to know: ncmec.org/blog/2025/using-sextortion-to-groom-kids-for-violence-pain
💓 Four young people and an infant have been rescued from Russian-occupied territories.
⚡️ Two Ukrainian teenage girls have been rescued from territories under Russian occupation by Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
❤️🩹 A Ukrainian teenager who spent most of his life in Russian-occupied territory under constant surveillance by military personnel has been successfully returned to Ukraine.
🔴 Ukraine rescued a 14-year-old girl from Russian-occupied territory after authorities tried to send her to an orphanage in Russia.
Crazy that governments impose website age restrictions on their citizens before they provide Internet compatible government ID for their citizens, and everyone's stuck providing selfies that get hacked and recycled for fraud.
11 Ukrainian children aged 10 to 17 have been returned from Russian-occupied territories and Russia.
One girl was reunited with her mother after years apart. 5 siblings taken to Russia during fighting have also made it home.
Total children returned since 2022 - 1453; 19546 kidnapped by Russia.
Ukraine has brought back 11 children from Russian-occupied territories and Russia, with Qatar acting as mediator. Among them are five siblings who managed to contact their sister in Ukraine and asked for help to come home.
💓 Under President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, 11 Ukrainian children aged between 10 and 17 have been returned from Russian-occupied territories and the Russia.
💔 TIME magazine’s latest cover spotlights the story of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia.
