By KYIV. Dec 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Russia has agreed to free an additional six Ukrainian children and allow them to reunite with their families in Ukraine following Qatari mediation, The Washington Post reported with reference to Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar’s minister of state for international cooperation.
According to an official briefed on the operation, the group of six is scheduled to leave Moscow on Tuesday and travel through Belarus to Ukraine. The mother of one 11-year-old boy in the group is a Ukrainian soldier being held as a prisoner of war in Russia, added the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
In turn, Al-Khater said that “building on the momentum of recent weeks, Qatar continues to play a mediating role between the Ukrainian and Russian governments, successfully facilitating the reunification of six additional Ukrainian children with their families in time for the festive holidays.”
