Russian Children’s Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova wrote in her Telegram channel that Bohdan Yermokhin will be allowed to leave the Russian Federation and travel to a third country, where he will be able to meet his cousin Valeriya, who is his legal guardian.
Earlier, 17-year-old Bogdan Yermokhin, who was forcibly removed from Ukraine by the Russian military, asked Zelenskyy to help him return to his homeland. The boy lost his parents at the age of 8. Before the full-scale invasion began, he was studying at a metallurgical college in Mariupol, and his legal guardian was his director. In Russia, he was placed under the guardianship of an associate of Lvova-Belova.
In March 2023, Ermokhin, who had by then obtained a Russian passport, attempted to flee from Russia to Ukraine, but was detained by Russian security forces near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. A few days ago, the teenager was obliged to appear at the military commissariat near Moscow.
