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SunSeeker

(55,877 posts)
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 11:58 PM Mar 18

Trump terminates program tracking mass abductions of Ukrainian children

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration has terminated a U.S.-funded initiative that documents alleged Russian war crimes, including a sensitive database detailing the mass deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, according to U.S. officials familiar with the directive and documents obtained by The Washington Post.Observers fear the move has compromised evidence of war crimes by Russian officials and will hinder efforts to rescue thousands of missing Ukrainian children.

The move has barred the transmission of evidence to prosecutors pursuing multiple criminal cases, including the International Criminal Court’s landmark indictment of Russian President Vladimir Putin for what it has called the “unlawful transfer” of children from occupied areas of Ukraine, U.S. officials said.

Researchers and experts involved in the initiative, spearheaded by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, were informed last month that the State Department had quietly terminated their contract — one of thousands eliminated at the behest of Trump appointee Peter Marocco and the Department of Government Efficiency, the budget slashing arm of tech billionaire Elon Musk.

At that time, the researchers lost access to a trove of information, including satellite imagery and biometric data tracking the identities and locations of as many as 35,000 children from Ukraine.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/18/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-crimes/



The evil of this is unfathomable. 35,000 abducted children! And Trump wants it buried!
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democrank

(11,489 posts)
5. Cruelty, cruelty, cruelty and more cruelty
Wed Mar 19, 2025, 03:59 AM
Mar 19

Trump is as evil as they come. We must find a way to stop him.

DallasNE

(7,788 posts)
7. Neville Chamberlain Reincarnated
Wed Mar 19, 2025, 04:40 AM
Mar 19

Gives up on 35,000 children kidnapped by Russian forces early in the war - how is that not a war crime?

As I have been posting for several weeks, conditions are not ripe on the ground for peace so until that condition is met it is a waste of time to attempt negotiations. This will only end when one side prevails. So, Trump, who will you support- Russia or Ukraine. So far all signs point to Trump supporting Russia, hence the reference to Chamberlain.

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