Overview

• Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said a long-standing process is in place to reunite children separated by the conflict with their relatives.
• She reported that 115 minors have reunited with family in Ukraine or third countries and that 28 children have returned to Russia.
• Zakharova said Ukraine gave Russia a list of 339 children during the second round of talks in Istanbul and claimed roughly a third of the entries were irrelevant.
• The ministry says direct contacts with Ukrainian counterparts continue on pending cases.
• Zakharova rejected President Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement that about 1,600 children were returned from Russia and questioned broader claims of far larger totals.