https://archive.md/20250314135907/https://inews.co.uk/news/world/musk-cuts-team-finding-ukraine-stolen-children-russia-3581184
"The world-leading unit helping to rescue Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
has been axed amid Elon Musk’s slashing of US government spending,
The i
Paper can reveal.
Thousands of children have been removed from Ukraine and taken to Russia during
the conflict, in a campaign of “unlawful deportation”.
The US government has been funding a specialist team based at Yale University,
who have used open source technology to trace the lost children and help
repatriate them.
But this team, which has already helped to locate hundreds of children, has now
had its funding paused, amid tech tycoon Musk’s chainsaw slashing of the
federal budget via the so-called department of government efficiency (Doge).
Donald Trump ally Peter Marocco has been leading on cuts to US foreign aid and
development programmes, reportedly visiting offices alongside members of Doge.
While Musk has not personally been overseeing individual funding freezes he has
been setting the strategy and tone for deep government spending cuts in
Washington.
There have been more than 19,500 reports of “unlawful deportation and forced
transfer of children”, with campaigners claiming Russia is taking the children
to erase Ukrainian culture and indoctrinate the younger generation into a
pro-Russia mindset. Mykola Kuleba, founder of the charity Save Ukraine,
previously said: “Russia is stealing our future.”
Around 1,240 children have so far been repatriated, according to Bring Kids
Back UA, an initiative launched by Volodymyr Zelensky to rescue all children
from deportation and occupation."
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