US Supports UN Resolution Demanding Russia Return Ukrainian Children

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States said the children must be returned or Kyiv will not agree to a peace deal with Moscow.

A member of the Ukrainian military gives instructions to women and children that fled fighting in Bucha and Irpin before boarding an evacuation train from Irpin City to Kyiv that was scheduled after heavy fighting forced many to leave their homes, in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. Chris McGrath/Getty Images

The United States, along with 90 other countries at the United Nations, demanded on Dec. 3 that Russia ensure “the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported” and called on Moscow to cease the alleged practice.

The resolution was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly a day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin for talks to end the war in Ukraine.