Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia

Children, who went to a Russian-organised summer camp from non-government controlled territories and were then taken to Russia, walk to a bus after returning via the Ukraine-Belarus border in Volyn region, Ukraine April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday.

"In recent years, 700,000 children have found refuge with us, fleeing the bombing and shelling from the conflict areas in Ukraine," Karasin wrote on his Telegram messaging channel.