RUSSIA DENIES ALLEGATIONS OF KIDNAPPING UKRAINIAN CHILDREN.

Russia has dismissed allegations of kidnapping 20,000 Ukrainian children, describing the claims as false and politically motivated. 

Speaking at a press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, revealed that the children were evacuated from conflict zones to safe locations and efforts were made to reunite them with their families.

Zakharova accused Ukraine of fabricating the numbers and failing to provide evidence to support the claims, noting that Ukraine has not provided specific facts, lists of children, or data from parents or legal representatives who were looking for them.

Russia further claimed that it is rescuing children by taking them out of shelling zones to safe places, describing the effort as "really successful," stressing that Ukraine's failure to substantiate the claims over the years proves that the allegations are lies.

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