Washington — Eight of the Ukrainian children kept in Russia have been returned and reunited with their families in the last 24 hours, first lady Melania Trump announced at the White House Friday, and said there were plans to reunite "more children in the immediate future."

She also said Russia has agreed to coordinate the return of Ukrainians who were children when they were displaced by the war, but have since turned 18, "within a short period of time."

CBS News has reported that Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine included the systematic and forcible abduction of children by Russia. Ukraine's state-run " Bring Kids Back " program, launched by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says more than 19,500 Ukrainian kids have been abducted. The first lady did not describe the ch

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