Russia returns six children to Ukraine in Qatar-brokered deal: State media
Al Jazeera
Boys aged between six and 17 latest to be handed over since start of Qatari mediation efforts last year.
Russia has returned six children displaced by the war in Ukraine in a deal brokered by Qatar, according to Russian state media.
TASS news agency published a video on Wednesday showing Qatar’s ambassador shaking hands with the children – all male and aged between six and 17, including two brothers – in Qatar’s embassy in Moscow.
There was no immediate comment by Ukraine, but TASS said the event was also attended by officials representing Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.
The commissioner and Russian President Vladimir Putin are currently wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “unlawfully deporting” children from Ukraine to Russia, a charge the Kremlin denies.
