Ukraine seeks G20 focus on Russian deportations of children

FILE PHOTO: Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak attends a news briefing about prisoners of war (POWs) swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

(Reuters) - Ukraine has collated thousands of reports of its children being deported to Russia and wants their plight addressed at a summit of the Group of 20 major economies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

"The Russian Federation continues to commit its crimes in connection with Ukrainian children," Zelenskiy's office quoted Andriy Yermak as saying at a meeting he chaired of a group of officials responsible for child protection. "The removal of children continues."