Istanbul, July 23, 2025
Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky has revealed that a significant number of individuals listed by Ukraine as children allegedly located in Russia are, in fact, adults. During a press briefing following the latest round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul, Medinsky stated that 50 names from the Ukrainian list, which purportedly identifies children in Russia, were found to belong to fully grown individuals.
“Fifty names from this list [the Ukrainian list of children allegedly in Russia] turned out to be not children, but quite adult individuals,” Medinsky informed journalists, emphasizing the discrepancy found in the provided data.
