Qatar has announced an agreement with Kyiv and Moscow on the return to Ukraine of nine children whom the Russian Federation deported to its territory, the French newspaper Le Monde reports, citing AFP.

Kyiv did not conduct a Qatar-brokered "exchange" of children with Moscow, Ukraine's Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Sept. 27. Lubinets refuted an AFP report citing an unnamed Qatari official who claimed nine children and one adult had allegedly returned to Ukraine,

There were no agreements on the exchange of children, and there cannot be,” Lubinets wrote on Telegram, calling the report a blatant promotion of Russian narratives. Read also: Kursk operation didn’t halt Ukraine-Russia energy talks in Qatar,

Qatar has announced an agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the exchange of 13 children. Source: French newspaper Le Monde Details: "Nine minors and one adult will be reunited with their families in Ukraine,

Authorities in Moscow returned nine Ukrainian children with the help of Qatari mediators, Russia’s presidential commissioner for children's rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, announced Thursday. Lvova-Belova posted photos on Telegram showing her alongside Qatari Ambassador Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani,

"Nine minors and one adult will be reunited with their families in Ukraine," an unnamed Qatari official told AFP. Read also: Russia violated every child protection law in war "Four minors" will be reunited with their families in Russia.