Russia-Ukraine war: a third of Ukraine’s territory ‘contaminated with mines and explosive objects’ – as it happened

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Three more children have been rescued from Russia and brought back to Ukraine, the Ukrainian's parliament commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Kyiv has said about 20,000 children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia or Russian-held territory without the consent of family or guardians. It calls this a war crime that meets the UN treaty definition of genocide.