Ukraine accuses Russia of having abducted and forcibly deported more than 16,000 children since it began its invasion more than a year ago. Russia, which holds the rotating Security Council presidency for the month of April, organized the Wednesday briefing by Lvova-Belova to provide "objective information on the situation of children in the conflict zone" in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine and the measures taken to "evacuate the children from danger.