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Russia and Ukraine to exchange more children after Qatar-brokered deal

Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation Lolwah bint Rashid al-Khater, centre, welcomes Ukrainian children and their families to Doha in April 2024, amid an earlier mediation to return children to Ukraine and Russia [File: Karim Jaafar/AFP]

Nine Russian and Ukrainian children will be returned to their families this week in the latest humanitarian exchange between Kyiv and Moscow mediated by Qatar.

Russian Commissioner for Children, Maria Lvova-Belova, told reporters on Thursday that seven children, aged six to 16, will be sent from Russia to live with close relatives in Ukraine.

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