“Joint work is underway between the Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation, Maria Lvova-Belova, and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi on children evacuated from the Northern Military District zone,” he said in an interview with TASS.

In addition, according to the diplomat, information transmitted through the Vatican about Ukrainian children who are wanted by relatives in Ukraine is being studied.

Earlier, the publication “Zerkalo Nedeli” stated that children are increasingly being taken away from Ukrainian refugees in Europe.

Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, noted that Kyiv is not helping Ukrainian refugees return children seized in Europe.