20,000 teddy bear display on National Mall: ‘Bring Ukrainian children’ home

Published April 23, 2026 5:05pm ET | Updated April 24, 2026 10:55am ET



Pro-Ukrainian groups and government officials are calling on Congress and the Trump administration to hold Russia accountable and prioritize the return of Ukrainian children abducted over the past four years. 

Nonprofit organizations Razom for Ukraine and American Coalition for Ukraine partnered to arrange a display Thursday on the National Mall of 20,000 teddy bears, each representing a Ukrainian child who has gone missing since the start of the war.

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