UK should step in to fund scheme tracing Ukrainian children, say Lib Dems

22/03/2025 09:29 The Guardian

Ministers urged to act after US ended support to help locate an estimated 20,000 children taken to RussiaThe Liberal Democrats are urging the government to provide replacement funding to an American project that locates Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia, as the party gathers for a spring conference heavily focused on the response to Donald Trump.British support for the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University could be part of a more robust approach towards the US president, particularly over Ukraine, according to Calum Miller, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesperson. Continue reading...

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