Ukraine and Russia do not directly negotiate under this mission, Lubinets said, refuting previous claims by Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. At least 19,500 Ukrainian children have been confirmed as abducted by Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and less than 400 of them have been returned home, according to the Ukrainain government's Children of War database.Lubinets made the announcement following two days of negotiations in Qatar.He said that Ukraine expects to return a group of children, presumably as a result of these negotiations. Lubinets didn't specify the date or number of children. It's not clear whether the group will include children from the list passed to Qatar.Qatar also agreed to mediate the return of orphaned Ukrainian children from Russia for the first time, according to Lubinets.