Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Yale Program Tracking Ukrainian Child Abductions

The decision has drawn bipartisan criticism and raised fears over the potential loss of evidence critical to prosecuting Russian war crimes.

The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, which documented Russian abductions of Ukrainian children, has lost its US government funding under the Trump administration.
Concerns have emerged that the program's database, essential for prosecuting war crimes, may have been deleted or compromised.
The International Criminal Court has charged Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova with war crimes for deporting Ukrainian children, a claim the Kremlin denies.
US politicians, Evangelical leaders, and UK officials have condemned the funding cut, with calls for alternative solutions to sustain the program.
The UK Foreign Office is evaluating the impact of the funding pause, while Yale University has expressed its support for continuing the lab's critical work.