Musk's cut will weaken the search for Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

« Russia steals our future, » he warns Mykola Kulebathe founder of the Sava charity Ukraine. But despite the dramatic situation of Ukrainian children, who have been abducted by Russia during the war, the US president administration is Donald Trump stopped financing an organization that helped to rescue and return these children to their families.

The billionaire plays a major role Elon Musk. This one with its new government agency Dog (now it cuts the funds to even the most sensitive humanitarian programs. Yale's research group specializing in location discovering and assisting in the return of abducted Ukrainian children is one of the first high -profile victims of Musk's budget cutting.

So far, more than 19,500 cases have been recorded by the illegal deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia. It is a deliberate strategy of Kremlin, which, according to connoisseurs, is to destroy Ukrainian culture and raise a new generation of young Ukrainians with a distinctly pro -Russian belief. As reported by British iPAperYale's research team has already contributed significantly to the return of children until the termination of funds – through open sources (social networks, satellite images and Russian websites) have discovered hundreds of kidnapped children and assisted in their home country.

« Stop financing will greatly reduce our opportunities for finding and solving these children, » Yale's research group warns. Their analyzes so far have shown that Russian authorities, including President Putin, have personally approved mass relocations and illegal adoption of Ukrainian children. It is precisely such acts that have been labeled international law as a war crime that made the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a prison order in March 2023 Vladimir Putin and Russian commissioners for children's rights Marie Lvove-White.

« This is not only a war crime but also an act from pure evil, » warns British MP Johanna Baxter. « A sudden reduction in US key research will have catastrophic consequences and could actually allow for further Russian crimes, » she added for iPAper.

The British government is now set before a difficult decision. According to a former conservative leader Cheese Iain Duncan Smith The UK should immediately fill the financial gap caused by the US decision. « If the United States does not do so, the United Kingdom, along with NATO partners, has to take that responsibility, » Smith calls.

Reducing American support comes in a sensitive time when Trump's administration and Kiev are trying to restore constructive relationships that have tightened in recent months due to disagreements and temporary interruptions of intelligence exchange. Invitent relationships between Trump and Ukrainian President Volomir Green This further tightens the situation.

The criticism is primarily at the strike are Musk and his colleagues who are supposed to be « indifferent to the real consequences of their decisions »as the Liberal Democratic Member points out Mike Martin. “This approach is completely inadequate, as the dog agency does not even judge which programs are actually important. They cut everything on average, « says Martin for Ipaper.

So far, more than 19,500 cases have been recorded by the illegal deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia. Photo: Thomas Peter/Reuters

An example of abducted Ukrainian children is not lonely. Parents of children who have been temporarily evacuated by Russian authorities have to deal with Russian bureaucracy and manipulation. Example Lyudmile mototchakwho was convinced that her daughter Anastasia was just going on a school trip but then did not return, is just one of many examples of how Russian authorities manipulate parents and children.

The international community is now facing the challenge: Who will take responsibility for financial support for the programs that solve children from the hands of the occupier? If the US insists on its decision, the West, and especially the United Kingdom, Germany and other major European countries, will have to act quickly.

“It's not just a financial question. It is a question of morality, a question of the responsibility of Western civilization, « warns Kuleba, director of the Sava Ukraine Organization. « We should not allow children to become a victim of political games. »

US President Donald Trump's administration stopped financing an organization that helped to save children and return their families. Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The decision should be quite logical – without a concrete campaign, the Russian regime will continue to be unobstructed to implement its policy, which some humanitarian organizations already refer to as « a slow genocide of Ukrainian culture ».