Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska emphasized the complexity of the process of returning Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, even with the assistance of international partners.
She made these remarks in an interview with Delfi, according to Ukrinform.
Zelenska noted that it is extremely difficult to return children abducted by Russia. And when Ukraine turns to Western partners for help, it first has to convince them that this has actually happened—that one country has abducted children from another.
According to her, it is not always a matter of ignorance.
“It’s just that sometimes it’s convenient to pretend you don’t understand anything. It seems to me that everyone has long since figured everything out, but the destruction of systems, the destruction of ties that are important—perhaps personally… It’s complicated, difficult, and expensive,” Zelenska said.
