{
  "id": 9752392,
  "title": "Russia provides info on only about 20% of 339 Ukrainian children from list handed over in Istanbul – Bring Kids Back UA initiative",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/russia-provides-info-on-only-about-20-of-339-ukrainian-children-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:02:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1209950.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia provided information about only about 20% of the 339 Ukrainian children on the list handed over during negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, 2025, according to Maksym Maksymov, head of the Ukrainian initiative Bring Kids Back UA. The Russian government commonly blocks the return of Ukrainian children by altering their legal status, hindering contact with their families, and preventing independent monitoring. Maksymov made these remarks in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. He explained that the Ukrainian delegation handed Russia a list of nearly 400 abducted children on June 2, 2025. However, Russia only provided limited information on approximately 20% of these children and offered no information for more than 200 others, including those from the Kherson Regional Children's Home. While documentation, guardianship issues, and security risks also delay individual cases, Maksymov stated that these challenges are primarily Ukrainian matters to resolve.",
  "summary": "Russia most frequently blocks the return of Ukrainian children by altering their legal status, obstructing contact with their families, and preventing independent monitoring; furthermore, regarding the list of 339 children handed to Russia during negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, 2025, Russia provided limited information on only about 20% of them, stated Maksym Maksymov, head of the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Ukraine brings back 673 children in 2026 – Bring Kids Back UA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/ukraine-brings-back-673-children-in-2026-bring-kids-back-ua",
        "published": "2026-09-25T09:57:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}