Ukraine wants help to pressure Russia to return illegally transferred children

Svitlana Riabtseva hugs her children Angelina, 10, and Oleksandr, 9, after their return from the occupied territory of Ukraine via the Ukraine-Belarus border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Volyn region, Ukraine September 3, 2023. REUTERS/Andriy Perun

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's human rights commissioner has called for more international pressure on Moscow to help Kyiv bring home thousands of Ukrainian children who Kyiv says have been illegally taken to Russia during the war.

Dmytro Lubinets spoke to Reuters in Kyiv days after several minors were reunited with their parents in western Ukraine on Saturday after a journey home from Russia and Russian-held areas.