In the Kharkiv region, police located two missing children, who may be taken away from their parents.

Kharkiv police have located two missing young brothers.

This was reported by the Juvenile Police of the Kharkiv region, as conveyed by "Dumka".

According to the police, today, January 9, at 11:30 they received a report that two underage brothers went out for a walk on the evening of January 8, did not return home for the night, and were unresponsive to phone calls.

The entire police force was involved in searching for the boys. Officers checked with friends, acquaintances, and scoured the children's social media accounts.

The boys were simply out enjoying themselves the whole time. They were found right on the street. The brothers had gone out for a walk without their parents' permission and then stayed overnight at a friend's house.

According to the police, the family is known to them as being in difficult life circumstances.

The police temporarily took the children to a medical facility.

Law enforcement and child services specialists plan to raise the issue of removing the children from the family.