Zelensky: Russia in negotiations admitted that she had abducted children

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that during the negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, the Russian delegation actually acknowledged that Russia had stolen Ukrainian children, but refused to speak about the exact number.

Source: Briefing Zelensky on June 2

Details: According to Zelensky, Ukraine gave the Russian Federation a list of almost 400 children, they suggested “something to work out” for 10 children.

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The President also confirmed that the Russians said in negotiations that “Ukraine would not suit the show for childless European grandmothers” on the issue of returning children.

Straight language: “We told them that they stole twenty thousand children. And they said they did not have stolen twenty thousand. The maximum question about hundreds … I think it is an important fixation. Not the number, but the fact that they agree that they stole children. It is important that the fact was fixed.”

That preceded:

According to the journalist “The Economist”, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, during negotiations in Istanbul, responded disrespectfully at the request of Ukraine to return Ukrainian children deported to Russia. He called the list of children “Show for Chicless European Grandmother”.