Yermak met with Kellogg - what was discussed.

Meeting of Yermak and Kellogg

Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak met on Wednesday, July 16, with the U.S. President's special representative Keith Kellogg. They visited the Child Rights Protection Center as part of the President's initiative Bring Kids Back UA.

This was noted by Yermak in Telegram.

Together with Yermak and Kellogg, the Center was visited by Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, the President's advisor on children's rights Daria Gerasimchuk, and co-chair of the international high-level expert group Bring Kids Back UA Lady Helena Kennedy.

'We discussed massive human rights violations by the Russian Federation — the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children, the detention of civilians in occupied territories and in Russia,' said the head of the Office of the President.

Yermak emphasized that Ukrainian children cannot be a subject of trade. Therefore, on June 2, Ukraine officially submitted an initial list of children to Russia and a request for their return, and actions from the Russian Federation are still awaited.

In total, there are over 16,000 cases of illegal detention, of which at least 1,800 are in Russian territory. As a result of the Russian invasion, about 900 children have died and over 2,000 have been injured.

Additionally, at least 19 cases of violence against children have been recorded.

It is worth noting that Keith Kellogg arrived in Kyiv for an official visit on Monday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that during the representative of the USA's stay in the capital, Russia reduced shelling of Ukraine.

The meeting between Andriy Yermak and Keith Kellogg took place in Kyiv, where the leaders discussed issues of the illegal detention of Ukrainian children and human rights violations by Russia. This indicates the joint efforts of Ukraine and the USA in protecting children's rights and addressing urgent issues related to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.