The young girl had been living with her grandmother in Ukraine while her mother remained in regular contact with her. When the special military operation began, the woman was unable to enter Ukraine and to bring her child back. She therefore requested assistance from the Commissioner for Children’s Rights.
Another family, a mother with two sons and a daughter, had been in Ukraine caring for their seriously ill grandmother. In December 2024, they decided to return to the Motherland.
On Friday, March 14, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights met with both families in Moscow.
Maria Lvova-Belova noted substantial assistance from the State of Qatar during the reunification process, including the negotiations with Ukrainian authorities, covering transportation and other expenses, and providing support for the children and their family members. She also thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross and representatives of relevant agencies for their assistance and cooperation.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights has helped 20 children from 13 families reunite with their relatives in Russia. Additionally, 95 children from 75 families have been reunited with their relatives in Ukraine and third countries. These statistics do not include children whose parents had sent them from the Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions and other territories to health resorts in southern Russia in the autumn of 2022, and were later unable to bring them home.