An set up of 20,000 teddy bears has been positioned on the Nationwide Mall in Washington DC to attract consideration to Ukrainian kids believed to have been taken by Russia.
The US-based Razom for Ukraine organisation and American Coalition for Ukraine put in the show to characterize the estimated 20,000 kids that Ukraine says have been despatched illegally to Russia and Belarus because the struggle started 5 years in the past. Organisers need Congress to assist handle what the UN has referred to as against the law in opposition to humanity.
Russia has denied accusations of forcibly deporting kids from Ukraine. Vladimir Putin has as an alternative claimed the youngsters had been “rescued” from a struggle zone.
President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Wednesday that greater than 2,100 kids have been returned to their family members by the Convey Youngsters Again UA initiative, which has been tracing and returning Ukrainian kids from Russian-occupied territories and Russia since 2023.
Video by Alex Foster, produced with Rebecka Pieder