The US will ask Russia to return Ukrainian children "as a confidence-building measure"
Kyiv • UNN
The United States will ask Russia to return Ukrainian children to build trust. The Trump administration stopped funding the initiative, which documented Russian war crimes.
National Security Advisor to the President of the United States of America, Michael Waltz, believes that the United States may ask Russia to release illegally deported Ukrainian children "as part of confidence-building measures." He stated this in an interview on Sunday, March 23, to CBS News, reports UNN.
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The TV channel host asked Waltz why the State Department stopped funding the Yale University program that helps find Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia.
The US President's advisor explained that "Minister Rubio is auditing all of these programs" and that he cannot comment specifically on this program.
But I can say that President Trump has spoken with both leaders about prisoner exchanges. And the Russians and Ukrainians exchanged prisoners, almost 200, immediately after their call. And he also spoke about the future of these children. So this is definitely first and foremost, and, in a way, confidence-building measures," he noted.
Remind
The Trump administration has stopped funding for an initiative that documented Russian war crimes, including a database on the deportation of Ukrainian children. The White House has banned the transfer of evidence to prosecutors.
Due to the United States stopping the program to track Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, $26 million worth of evidence of war crimes has been deleted because of the Trump administration’s decision.
Ukraine has returned more than 1,200 children taken from the occupied territories to Russia - Gerasimchuk
