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At Trump-Putin AK summit, a non-negotiable demand: return Ukraine’s kidnapped kids | Red Hot Takes
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3:57Now PlayingIn February, President Donald Trump offered a ray of hope to thousands of Ukraine’s families. NY Post contributor Katya Pavlevych shares this story.
“I believe I could, yes,” he said, when asked if he could convince President Vladimir Putin to return the more than 19,500 Ukrainian children Russia has abducted during its three-year full-scale invasion.
“It’s pretty tough stuff, but I believe I could do that.”
On Friday, he’ll have his chance.
The Aug. 15 Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska offers the perfect moment for the president to raise this issue directly — and to make it unmistakably clear that freeing Ukraine’s children must be a prerequisite to any peace deal.
The UN’s Commission on Ukraine has recognized Russia’s actions as a war crime, and the European Court of Human Rights holds Russia responsible for these abductions.
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