#Trump admin cuts undermine efforts to track abducted Ukrainian children

U.S. foreign assistance cuts and sanctions against the International Criminal Court are obstructing efforts to track and recover thousands of #UkrainianChildren taken by #Russian forces during the ongoing war, a senior European official warned on July 17, according to Politico.

Thordis Gylfadottir, an envoy of the Council of Europe, said the end of U.S. financial support to monitoring programs has complicated the search for more than 19,500 Ukrainian children who have been unlawfully #deported or #forcibly transferred to #Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

According to Ukraine's official Bring Kids Back UA initiative, 19,546 children are confirmed abducted. Only 1,399 children have been brought back to Ukraine as of July 2025.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-cuts-undermine-efforts-to-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-european-envoy-says-07-2025/

#WarCrimes #RussianAggression #StandWithUkraine #ComradeKrasnov

Trump admin cuts undermine efforts to track abducted Ukrainian children, Council of Europe envoy says

"European countries will have to fund it," Thordis Gylfadottir, an envoy of the Council of Europe, told Politico. "We cannot stop tracking them and then just re-track them (abducted children) in the months ahead."

^{Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)}

HUR publishes Russian military order, claims proof of Moscow increasing military footprint in #Armenia

#HUR published what it claimed was a #Russian army order to increase its military presence at a base in Armenia, two days after HUR's warning of such a move was denied by Yerevan.

HUR first made the claim on July 5, saying #Russia was increasing its forces at the Gyumri base to exert greater influence in the South #Caucasus and "destabilize the global security situation."

https://kyivindependent.com/hur-publishes-russian-military-order-claims-proof-of-moscow-increasing-military-footprint-in-armenia06-2025/

#RussianAggression

HUR publishes Russian military order, claims proof of Moscow increasing military footprint in Armenia

HUR first made the claim on July 5, saying Russia was increasing its forces at the Gyumri base to exert greater influence in the South Caucasus and "destabilize the global security situation."

^{Chris York (The Kyiv Independent)}