Ukraine devels multi-stage mechanism for return of children – commissioner

Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said this at the annual meeting of the Yalta Eurean Strategy (YES), Ukrinform reports.

"Today, we have develed a mechanism for the return of Ukrainian children, which includes several key stages: develment of a mechanism for obtaining lists of children, verification and updating of data, documenting the facts of crimes and identifying new circumstances, psychogical rehabilitation of children after return, creation of a special center for rehabilitation, and ening of humanitarian corridors," Lubinets wrote on Telegram.

He said these steps were aimed at ensuring the safe return of Ukrainian children.

Ukraine's Ombudsman's Office earlier verified dozens of localities in Belarus where Ukrainian children are kept. Lubinets also reported on 386 Ukrainian children who had been adted in Russia.