Qatar has begun acting as a mediator for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to secure the release of Ukrainian children who have been forcibly kidnapped and taken to Russian territory over the course of the war.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets met with Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah al Khater this week. He passed along a list of 561 Ukrainian children believed to be illegally held in Russia and has since said they have been informed that the Russian side has begun processing it.
While this list Lubinets provided to Qatari officials had 561 names on it, he indicated there could be more than 3,600 kidnapped children who have become orphans during the war.
“Qatar has also agreed to accept the first list of orphans and children deprived of parental care and to work on the issue
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