US backs UN demand for Russia to return abducted Ukrainian children


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  • Thursday, 04 Dec 2025

Street market and apartment building which were damaged during a Russian overnight drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, Ukraine, November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The United States joined 90other countries at the United Nations on Wednesday todemandRussia "ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported" and urge Moscow to stop the practice.

The adoption of the resolution by the 193-member General Assembly came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met withRussian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin for talks on how to end the deadliest European conflict since World War Two.

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