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15 Russian children were returned to Russia from Syria, TASS reports. The plane with passengers on board landed on the morning of September 9 at the Chkalovsky airfield in the Moscow region.
According to Anna Kuznetsova, Children's Rights Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation, the children were accompanied by doctors. During the flight, all health safety requirements were observed.
She added that the flight was particularly difficult because some of the children were injured. They had to be sent to the hospital immediately. The Ombudsman noted that brother and sister, aged 17 and 14, were wounded by shrapnel during the bombing. Another 17-year-old boy also had wounds.
In total, 6 girls and 9 boys, aged from 2 to 17, returned to their homeland. Relatives in Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Chechnya and Astrakhan are waiting for them.
Currently, there are almost no Russian children left in Damascus. Now the Russian authorities will begin to deal with those who are in the al-Hol camp. More than 120 young Russian citizens are being prepared to be taken out of Syria. It will take more than 4 flights to return them.
More than 150 people have already returned to Russia from the Middle Eastern countries. Minor Russians in Iraq and Syria are returned home within 3 years.
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