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An additional 15 citizens were returned to territory under the control of the Government of Ukraine from territories temporarily occupied by the Russian aggressor state. This was reported on 19 September by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets.
According to him, the oldest of those who returned was 96 years old, and the youngest was 49.
Lubinets said they managed to return a 96-year-old woman, her daughter, and son-in-law from Zaliznyi Port in Kherson region. The woman required constant assistance, and her son-in-law moved with an Ilizarov apparatus, so they could not leave on their own.
They also managed to return a 74-year-old man from Kakhovka. He had remained under occupation because he feared that his departure might harm his son, who was held in Russian captivity. After his son was liberated in 2025, the man decided to leave, but his health deteriorated. He suffered a stroke and has partial right-sided paralysis. He is currently under medical supervision.
The ombudsman noted that some people, after returning, need to restore documents that were lost or expired during the occupation.
As 17 September noted the Belarusian state propaganda agency "Belta," that day at the Belarus–Ukraine border crossing point "Novaya Huta" another humanitarian mission for family reunification took place. From Russia to Ukraine 15 citizens departed, and three returned from Ukraine to their relatives. Mostly these were pensioners and people with limited mobility.
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