Overview

• At a coalition meeting in New York, the European Union joined the International Coalition and will host a high-level summit in Brussels, with more than 50 individuals already sanctioned over the deportations.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said 1,625 abducted children have been brought home through the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
• Ukraine is launching a tracking mechanism to gather data on children taken to Russia and Russian-occupied territories.
• Kyiv submitted a list of 339 children during talks in Turkey and says Russia has not provided information on their fate.
• Canada announced $2 million for AI-driven tools to help locate deported minors, as leaders warned that tens of thousands of Ukrainian children remain in Russia.