US Funding Cut Halts Efforts to Track Abducted Ukrainian Children
- The State Department has canceled a contract to transfer evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian children, which impedes accountability efforts, according to sources familiar with the situation.
- Ukraine demands the return of its abducted children, which is essential to any peace deal and was previously funded by the State Department, according to The New York Times.
- The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab has identified 314 abducted Ukrainian children, and it suggests this may constitute crimes against humanity, as presented by Nathaniel Raymond before the United Nations Security Council.
- President Biden's administration condemns Russia's alleged forced transfer of Ukrainian children as a potential war crime, according to a report by the Yale School of Public Health.
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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 …
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