Overview
- Zelensky, who received a briefing Wednesday from the Bring Kids Back UA team, said the effort has returned more than 2,100 children, including 150 since January.
- The program, launched in 2023, traces children in Russia and occupied areas and works with Ukraine’s Justice Ministry commission to confirm each case.
- Ukraine plans a ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children on May 11 in Brussels to secure wider participation and practical help.
- A United Nations inquiry on March 10 concluded Russia’s deportations and transfers of Ukrainian children amount to crimes against humanity.
- Ukraine’s Children of War database lists at least 20,000 abducted children, and Europol has shared information with Kyiv to aid searches and returns.