US First lady Melania Trump has helped secure the release of five Ukrainian children allegedly abducted by Russia and one Russian child, a top Russian official said, with the first lady’s office touting it as her third unification effort, APA reports citing CNN.
Trump’s engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which began in August, “helped accelerate these reunifications and lays the groundwork for a faster process going forward,” Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential commissioner for children’s rights in Russia, said in a statement.
“Today, five children—four boys and one girl, aged 4 to 15—are being reunited with their families in Ukraine, and one child is returning to Russia,” Lvova-Belova added.
Lvova-Belova and Putin are wanted by the International Criminal Court for the forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.
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