Humanitarian Operation: Ukraine and Russia Facilitate Repatriation of Vulnerable Citizens

Last week, Russia repatriated 60 Ukrainians, including individuals at risk of deportation and those with disabilities, as reported by Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova on Monday.

Ukrainian officials announced this citizen return last Tuesday, coinciding with the exchange event.

Moskalkova mentioned that 15 Russian nationals were also brought back from Ukraine and highlighted that the transfer occurred at the Belarus-Ukraine border.

She noted that 45 of the Ukrainians had been held in temporary detention centers for foreigners and were facing deportation, having requested to return to Ukraine.

Additionally, 15 individuals were evacuated from the Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine, a process that Moskalkova indicated was hindered by ongoing shelling.

Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets stated last Tuesday that most of the 15 individuals from Kherson had mobility challenges, characterizing the exchange as a reunion for families long separated.

«Today, a mother and daughter will see each other for the first time in nearly four years,» Lubinets shared on Telegram.

He also noted that he and Moskalkova exchanged information on missing persons, including civilians who have vanished under ambiguous circumstances, as well as lists of injured and critically ill civilians and those detained unlawfully.

Moskalkova described the exchange as a humanitarian operation that led to the reunification of 22 families from both nations.