{"id":198091,"date":"2026-07-31T18:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198091\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:17:33","slug":"ukrainian-families-reunite-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198091\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian families reunite in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 31, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Ukrainian and Russian families have reunited in the Homiel region at the Novaja Huta checkpoint on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, the state-run <em>news.by<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten elderly people and individuals with limited mobility who arrived from Russia returned to Ukraine to reunite with their relatives. One of the women has cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four Ukrainian children also reunited with their families. Some of them will travel to Ukraine, while others will reportedly go to European Union countries. Five persons also returned from Ukraine to Belarus, where they have relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar Russian-Ukrainian exchange as part of the family reunification program took place in Belarus on June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia and Ukraine have been regularly exchanging prisoners via Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Families reunited at Belarusian\u2013Russian border<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 16, Pozirk. Eleven Russian and ten Ukrainian families were reunited at the Belarusian\u2013Russian border, with 15 people returning to each country, Russian media reported. \u201cIn addition, 45 Ukrainian citizens returned to their homeland. These are people who had been &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/news\/168498\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 31, Pozirk. Ukrainian and Russian families have reunited in the Homiel region at the Novaja Huta checkpoint on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, the state-run news.by reports. Ten elderly people and individuals with limited mobility who arrived from Russia returned to Ukraine to reunite with their relatives. One of the women has cancer. Four Ukrainian children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":198084,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-198091","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukrainian families reunite in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 31, Pozirk. 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