Bipartisan Senate Resolution Ties Ukraine Peace Negotiations to Return of Abducted Children

Ukraine has documented ~19,546 reported child deportation cases; the UN has independently verified 1,205

Roughly 80% of the Ukrainian children whose deportation the UN independently verified have not been returned

The ICC issued arrest warrants for Putin and Russia's children's rights commissioner on March 17, 2023, for the war crime of unlawful deportation of children

S.Res. 236 has 12 bipartisan cosponsors but carries no force of law — a companion bill with enforcement mechanisms has already passed the Senate

Russia's own children's rights commissioner claimed more than 700,000 Ukrainian children are now in Russia; Yale researchers located 8,400+ at 210+ identified facilities