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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has vehemently denied allegations that Russia kidnapped 20,000 Ukrainian children, labeling the claims as baseless and driven by politics.
During a press briefing, Zakharova asserted that the children were evacuated from conflict zones to safe areas and that Russia has made efforts to facilitate family reunifications.
“As we can see, there are no 20,000 kidnapped children in reality.
“Ukraine has not only failed but has not even tried to prove this data with documents.
“It has not provided specific facts, lists of the children, or data from parents or legal representatives who were looking for them,” she said.
Zakharova accused the Ukrainian government of fabricating the numbers and failing to take any action over the years to substantiate the claims.
“Why has nothing been done by the Kyiv regime over these years? Because it was all lies,” she said.
She added that Russia was “rescuing children by taking them out of the shelling zones to safe places,” and described the effort as “really successful.”
