Overview

• President Volodymyr Zelensky said 1,625 abducted children have been brought home through the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
• The International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children announced a pilot mechanism to trace and document deported minors.
• The European Union formally joined the coalition, will host a high-level summit in Brussels, pledged about EUR 200 million for school meals and over EUR 10 million with UNICEF for rehabilitation, and has sanctioned more than 50 individuals tied to the transfers.
• Ukraine will table a UN resolution condemning the abductions as leaders pressed for stronger, targeted sanctions on officials, judges and propagandists implicated in the program.
• Coalition leaders highlighted a June 2 list of 339 children submitted to Russia that drew no meaningful response and cited ongoing ICC warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over unlawful deportation.