Ukraine hands over a list of names of more than 560 children deported by Russia to Qatar - Human Rights Commissioner Lubinets

Ukraine has handed over a list of names of Ukrainian children illegally deported by the Russian occupiers from the temporarily occupied cities to the territory of the aggressor state of Russia to Qatar. The list includes 561 children. The Russian side is already working on it.

This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets on Telegram, following his visit to Qatar. He emphasized that this country is acting as a mediator in the negotiations. However, there were no direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow.

The Commissioner noted that Ukraine expects the return of these children but will not disclose any details for now.

"We are not disclosing details at the moment. As always, when children are brought back to Ukraine, we publicly announce their return," the statement said.

In addition, Lubinets said that Qatar also discussed the return of so-called status children: orphans and children deprived of parental care. Qatar agreed to accept the first list of these children and work on the issue of their return to Ukraine.

"I would like to note that, according to our data, there may be more than 3,600 such children," Dmytro said, emphasizing that Russia is obliged to return children regardless of their status as there is no legal difference between biological parents and official adoptive parents or guardians.

Also, according to him, Qatar agreed to participate in negotiations with Russia on the return of civilians illegally stolen by Russia.

As reported earlier, Russia is developing a system of "re-education" and digital control over children illegally taken from Ukraine to Russia after the start of the large-scale invasion. Among other things, the occupiers convince little Ukrainians that their parents are dead.

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