US State Department confirms program tracking abducted Ukrainian children halted

President Donald Trump promised Wednesday to help Ukraine get back thousands of children allegedly abducted to Russia. But Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which has been tracking the missing children, lost crucial funding from the US government as Trump made sweeping cuts into foreign aid. The Humanitarian Research Lab — which is seeking donations to keep going — says more than 19,000 children have been deported to Russia, with only 1,236 returned.