Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children

Summary

Trump cut funding to Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which was tracking Russian war crimes, including the abduction of 35,000 Ukrainian children.

A Yale source claims the U.S. State Department deleted key evidence, possibly hindering prosecution efforts and rescue missions. The data was crucial to the ICC’s case against Putin and others.

Trump, who recently met with Putin, has taken a pro-Russian stance.

Yale’s project had led to multiple indictments, but its shutdown raises concerns over legal and humanitarian consequences.

  • arakhis_@feddit.org
    17·
    10 hours ago

    The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which was compiling a database of alleged Russian war crimes, including the abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine, last month.

    I mean the article is very tragic and all. But I cant help it to think the author’s sentence structure here is trying very hard to suggest the numbers were from last month. Am I the only one?

    • jpeps@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 hours ago

      The information inside of the commas can be omitted, it’s just extra detail. The sentence can still read as ‘The Trump administration cut funding to Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab last month.’