US EditionUS Funding Cut Halts Efforts to Track Abducted Ukrainian Children
- The U.S. State Department has halted funding for a program tracking abducted Ukrainian children, leading to possible deletion of vital data, according to a letter from U.S. Lawmakers.
- Democratic U.S. Lawmakers are urging the restoration of the tracking program led by Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab and requesting sanctions against responsible individuals in Russia.
- Ukraine claims the abduction of tens of thousands of children is a war crime that meets the U.N. Treaty definition of genocide, while Russia asserts its actions are voluntary evacuations.
- Researchers have lost access to crucial data, including satellite imagery, related to roughly 30,000 kidnapped children, stated the lawmakers' letter.
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Trump Administration Shutters Research Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children
The Trump administration has jeopardized efforts to find thousands of Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia and Belarus, and in doing so, may have compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials.
Feds End Project Tracking Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids
Funding for a project to track Russian war crimes in Ukraine—including the kidnapping of tens of thousands of children—was abruptly cut off by the Trump administration last month, and lawmakers worry that the data has been lost. In a Tuesday letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and...
State Dept. cuts program collecting data on abducted Ukrainian children
The Trump administration confirmed Wednesday that it has slashed funds for a research program that had been tracking children believed to have been abducted during Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine.
US not likely to restore funding for program tracking abducted Ukrainian kids
The U.S.-led effort to secure at least a partial ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia appears to be progressing.State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told Scripps News that senior administration officials are scheduled to meet in the coming days to work out the details.This development follows conversations between President Donald Trump and the leaders of both countries, during which Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President …
Did US Delete Data On Kidnapped Ukraine Children? What State Department Said
The US State Department on Wednesday denied that data collected in a government-funded program that helps track thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children had been deleted, but acknowledged that the effort had been terminated as part of Washington's sweeping freeze on almost all foreign aid. In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Democratic lawmakers sounded alarm that the data from the repository might have been permanently …
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