According to Ukrinform, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said this in a Telegram post.

"Since the beginning of June, the Ombudsman's Office has helped 60 Ukrainian men and women return to Ukraine. Each person has their own story, their loved ones, and their own difficult journey home," he said.

In particular, seven people returned to Ukraine from the temporarily occupied territories on August 13. According to Lubinets, the oldest of them is 87. Some have heart conditions, while others have limited mobility. Their relatives are waiting for them in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Kherson region and Dnipro, the ombudsman added.

Among those who were helped to leave was a married couple from the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region. They had been unable to leave because their documents were invalid, and later learned that their son, who had been defending Ukraine, had been killed.

"Their wish was simple – to return home and have time to say goodbye to their son. To make this possible, we had to resolve their document issues and arrange a safe route. And we managed to do it," Lubinets said.

He noted that behind each such return lies a great deal of work: communicating with people and their families, processing documents, finding safe routes, and coordinating with Ukrainian government agencies, international organizations and humanitarian partners.

The ombudsman thanked the partners involved, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, Caritas Ukraine and other organizations that help bring people home and support them after their arrival. He also separately thanked Ukrainian businesses for their assistance in helping citizens return home.

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The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said that as of June 24, no food supplies had reached the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region since May 26.

Russian forces have not organized an evacuation from occupied Oleshky, leaving residents to make their own way out and risk their lives.

Photo: Dmytro Lubinets / Telegram