Updated · United States Mission to the United Nations · Aug 10
US Backs $25 Million Ukraine Child-Return Effort at UN as 5th Group Reunited
Updated
Updated · United States Mission to the United Nations · Aug 10
US Backs $25 Million Ukraine Child-Return Effort at UN as 5th Group Reunited
1 articles · Updated · United States Mission to the United Nations · Aug 10
Summary
$25 million in U.S. aid will keep supporting the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia and Russian-controlled areas, Ambassador Dan Negrea told a UN Security Council Arria meeting.
July 30 marked the reunion of a fifth group of Ukrainian and Russian children with their families, which Washington presented as part of broader confidence-building steps toward a negotiated peace.
The U.S. also pointed to April and May prisoner and civilian exchanges involving hundreds of people, urging Russia and Ukraine to continue returns of civilians and prisoners of war.
Negrea said Washington is tracking reports that foreign nationals from the Middle East and Africa were coerced or misled into joining Russian forces, alongside credible reports that thousands of Cubans traveled to Russia to fight in Ukraine.
The remarks tied those humanitarian issues to the wider war toll, as the U.S. repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire and renewed negotiations.
Can unofficial diplomatic channels and high-profile interventions successfully rescue the thousands of Ukrainian children still trapped in Russian territory?
How are thousands of vulnerable job seekers from around the globe unknowingly being trafficked onto the deadly frontlines of the Ukraine war?
Why is the Cuban government allegedly turning a blind eye as its citizens are funneled into a foreign military meat grinder?