STORY: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an online news briefing on Monday (June 2) that his delegation at talks in Istanbul gave a list of nearly 400 children it wanted Russia to return home, but that the Russian delegation agreed to work on returning only ten of them.

Zelenskiy spoke in an online news briefing after attending a NATO meeting in Vilnius, and after delegations met for the second round of peace talks in Turkey.

The Ukrainian leader also referred to a Ukrainian intelligence operation on Sunday (June 1), codenamed "Spider's Web", in which drones smuggled inside wooden sheds attacked Russian military airfields.

He said the operation had helped to restore partners' confidence that Ukraine is able to continue waging its war against Russia's invasion.

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VIDEO SHOWS: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY HOLDING ONLINE NEWS BRIEFING

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1. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

"Regarding the children. We handed over a list of almost 400 children to the Russians, and they promised us to work out something in this field, up to ten children. This is what their vision on humanitarian issues looks like."

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3. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

"We don't want to demonstrate our strength, we demonstrate it because the enemy doesn't want to stop. We demonstrate it in a fair way, on military targets, and we don't only demonstrate it to the Russian aggressors, but also to all those allies that once were strong allies and have now started doubting (us). The trust towards Ukrainians, and trust towards Ukraine has returned."

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5. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING: (ON IMPORTING GAS AFTER SHORTAGES CAUSED BY RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON UKRAINIAN GAS FACILITIES)

"And so there is a corresponding volume, we found half of it, and the other half we didn't have. I'll say this, a billion euros, we are talking about such a volume, I am talking about it with the Norwegian Prime Minister."