Russia agrees to release six more Ukrainian children with
with the mediation of Qatar. This was stated by Qatar's Minister of State for
International Cooperation Lolwa al-Khater, reports The
Washington Post, writes UNN.
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It is noted that these children are among the thousands who have been illegally
deported by Russia or unable to leave the temporarily occupied territories on their own.
territories.
According to an official informed about the operation, six
children are scheduled to leave Moscow on Tuesday, December 5, and travel through Belarus to
to Ukraine.
The mother of one
11-year-old boy in this group is a Ukrainian military woman who is being held in Russia
as a prisoner of war. The child's father died about ten years ago, and now he
lives with his maternal aunt. Until now, he has been living with relatives in the temporarily occupied
Donetsk region, the official said.
Building on the momentum of recent weeks, Qatar
continues to play the role of mediator between the Ukrainian and Russian governments,
successfully facilitating the reunification of six more Ukrainian children with their families before the
To recap, in October, Ukraine returned four children to their families with the mediation of Qatar four children who had been illegally deported by Russia.