Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes, will brief a controversial U.N. meeting Wednesday that Russia called to counter what it claims is disinformation by Western officials and media about Ukrainian children taken to Russia.
Russia’s U.N. Mission confirmed Tuesday that Maria Lvova-Belova will be the lead speaker, by video link, to an informal meeting of the Security Council that has sparked opposition from Ukraine’s supporters. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last month for her and President Vladimir Putin over the abductions.
