Missing SOS Children’s Village Residents Found In Baraulyany

Reform.news Editorial Team · 20 September 2026, 11:36

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The search for two residents of SOS Children’s Village Baraulyany — boys aged 12 and 10 — ended in Baraulyany. The children were found near a gas station on the morning of September 20, the press service of the Minsk Region police department said.

According to police, before leaving, the boys had told their peers about their plans. At around 5 p.m. on September 19, they left on bicycles, after which the search began.

A situation center was set up to coordinate the operation. Police and emergency service personnel, military personnel and volunteers took part in the search. Service dogs, drones and other equipment were deployed.

At around 7:35 a.m., Kanstantsin Dubrava, a police driver with the escort unit of the temporary detention facility of the public security department of the Minsk District Police Department, spotted the children near the gas station. At the time, they were coming out of a wooded area.

The boys were handed over to specialists. According to police, they are doing well.