Russian authorities returned nine Ukrainian children to their households with the assistance of Qatari conciliators, the state-run TASS news agency reported Thursday, coming a day after Ukraine handed over 2 kids to their households in Russia.Maria Lvova-Belova, Russias presidential childrens rights commissioner, stated that 8 of the returned Ukrainian children had actually been living with family members in Russia.
One 16-year-old was brought from the Alyoshkinsky orphanage in Russian-occupied Kherson after his brother effectively applied for legal guardianship, according to TASS.On Wednesday, footage from the Qatari Embassy in Moscow showed a Russian father explaining the extended period of uncertainty he withstood following the death of his sons mom in Ukraine.
Obviously, I would have liked [the reunification] to go faster, he informed press reporters, while his son nodded when asked if he had missed his father.Since July 2023, Qatar has assisted in the return of lots of Ukrainian kids required to Russia or occupied territories.
Kyiv accuses Moscow of unlawfully deporting over 19,000 Ukrainian children because the major intrusion began claims that Moscow denies.Russia says that 15 kids from 10 families have actually been reunited with their loved ones in Russia, while 87 kids from 69 families have been reunited with their loved ones in Ukraine.
Kyiv disputes Moscows description of the process as a kid exchange, emphasizing that Ukraine has not kidnapped or detained Russian children.Last year, the International Criminal Court released arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lvova-Belova, implicating them of unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine.