He said this during a press conference, answering the relevant question.

"When the conditions are safe - of course, why not?" — quotes him RIA Novosti.

According to Nebenzia, children from Ukraine were moved to Russia because the Russian authorities wanted to "protect them from the danger that hostilities could pose."

He also called the problem of children allegedly "forcibly brought to Russia" absolutely overblown.

The diplomat added that in early April, Moscow plans to hold an informal meeting of the UN Security Council and shed light on this situation.

Earlier, a refugee from Ukraine, Lilia Lukyanchuk, in an interview with Fox News, said that she was afraid to return to Ukraine, since her 17-year-old son could be drafted into the Ukrainian army.