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The bipartisan letter, signed by 17 lawmakers & organized by Representative Greg Landsman, #Democrat of Ohio, said that “the #ForeignAid freeze has jeopardized, & may ultimately eliminate, our informational support of #Ukraine on this front.”

The #State Dept & the Yale center “had been preserving evidence of #abducted #children from Ukraine it had identified, to be shared w/ #Europol & the govt of Ukraine to secure their return,” the letter says.

According to The New Republic, #Trump's State Department discreetly ended a contract that was facilitating the transfer of evidence on #Russia’s abduction of #Ukrainian children to #European law enforcement.

Ukrainian authorities have confirmed the identities of over 19 000 #abducted children, but #Ukraine's ombudsman on #children's rights has stated that the actual number of abducted children may be in the hundreds of thousands.

301 Ukrainian women held in Russian captivity

There are many more women in #Russian #captivity

"It is very difficult to confirm this because Russia refuses to provide information about civilians ,” Skrypnyk said, highlighting the number of women detained after Feb. 24, 2022, is 11 times higher than before.

Additionally, at least 19,500 #Ukrainian #children have been #abducted by Russia, with fewer than 400 returned home

kyivindependent.com/301-ukrain

The Kyiv Independent · 301 Ukrainian women held in Russian captivity, rights group reportsBy Tim Zadorozhnyy