{"id":8316,"date":"2025-07-01T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:03:34","slug":"after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/","title":{"rendered":"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1258482532.jpg\" alt=\"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children\"><\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution in Congress demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, according to a press release published on June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv estimates that Russia has abducted or forcibly displaced at least 19,500 <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukrainian-children\/\">Ukrainian children<\/a> since the outbreak of the full-scale invasion of 2022, and has deported them to Russia, Belarus, or the occupied territories of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov\/2025\/6\/meeks-mccaul-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-calling-for-the-return-of-abducted-ukrainian-children\">resolution<\/a>, introduced in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/united-states\/\">U.S.<\/a> House of Representatives by Democratic Congressman Gregory Meeks and Michael McCaul, a Republican chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, condemns the abductions and calls for the repatriation of children even before a potential peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>Senators Chuck Grassley (Republican) and Amy Klobuchar (Democrat) introduced the resolution in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These children have been stripped of their national identity, adopted into Russian families, or indoctrinated as soldiers for the Kremlin,&#8221; McCaul said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia\u2019s mass-scale child abduction is nothing short of evil; the United States must demonstrate moral leadership by demanding every child be returned to his or her family in Ukraine before true peace can be achieved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has previously cut funding for a Yale University-based Ukraine Conflict Observatory tracking the abduction of Ukrainian children. <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/with-only-two-weeks-of-funding-left-group-tracking-russian-abduction-of-ukrainian-children-prepares-to-shut-down\/\">Nathaniel Raymond<\/a>, the executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab overseeing the effort, has said the operation would cease on July 1 due to the lack of funds.<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch in May 2022, the observatory has compiled evidence of Russian war crimes, including the deportation of Ukrainian children, many of whom were sent to reeducation camps or adopted by Russian families.<\/p>\n<p>The database suggested that the actual number of abducted Ukrainian children could be higher than the figure provided by Ukraine&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenofwar.gov.ua\/en\/\">Children of War<\/a> database, placing it as high as 30,000. Over 1,360 children have been brought back home.<\/p>\n<p>According to the resolution newly introduced in Congress, &#8220;Russia&#8217;s abduction and Russification of Ukrainian children demonstrates the intent of the Government of the Russian Federation to erase the Ukrainian nation and identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The document also says that Russia&#8217;s invasion &#8220;has significantly increased the risks of children being exposed to human trafficking and exploitation, child labor, sexual violence, hunger, injury, trauma, deprivation of education and shelter, and death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndriyYermak\/status\/1940003400713638288\">Andriy Yermak<\/a>, President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s chief of staff, called the resolution &#8220;an important step in support of justice and peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The abductions have been widely denounced as war crimes and violations of international law. In 2023, the International Criminal Court issued <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/cnn-icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-putin-russian-official-tied-to-ukrainian-children-deportations\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">arrest warrants<\/a> for Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> and children\u2019s rights ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova over their roles in the deportation of Ukrainian minors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-launches-record-5-402-drones-against-ukraine-in-june\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Smashing previous monthly record, Russia launches 5,337 kamikaze drones against Ukraine during June<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Russia launched a record 5,337 Shahed-type drones against Ukraine in June, according to data from the Ukrainian Air Force and Dragon Capital, smashing the previous record of 4,198 set in March. Russia\u2019s bombardments, a fact of life after three years of full-scale war, have intensified dramatically in May<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Yuliia Taradiuk<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/us-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-on-ukrainian-children-abducted-by-russia\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution in Congress demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, according to a press release published on June 30. Kyiv estimates that Russia has abducted or forcibly displaced at least 19,500 Ukrainian children since the outbreak of the full-scale invasion of 2022, and has deported<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/\"> [&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":8317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[1164,7549,755,579,518,3141,64,1388,43,209,2839,587,977,1178,1304],"class_list":["post-8316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-trump","tag-abductions","tag-action","tag-after","tag-children","tag-cut","tag-for","tag-lawmakers","tag-of","tag-on","tag-press","tag-russian","tag-support","tag-ukrainian","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution in Congress demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, according to a press release published on June 30. Kyiv estimates that Russia has abducted or forcibly displaced at least 19,500 Ukrainian children since the outbreak of the full-scale invasion of 2022, and has deported [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T12:03:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1258482532.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/\",\"name\":\"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children - News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T12:03:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-01T12:03:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg\",\"width\":1240,\"height\":827},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Prima pagin\u0103\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"Euro TV News Agency\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\",\"name\":\"Misu Videan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Misu Videan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children - News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children - News","og_description":"A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution in Congress demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, according to a press release published on June 30. Kyiv estimates that Russia has abducted or forcibly displaced at least 19,500 Ukrainian children since the outbreak of the full-scale invasion of 2022, and has deported [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/","og_site_name":"News","article_published_time":"2025-07-01T12:03:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1258482532.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Misu Videan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Misu Videan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/","name":"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children - News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-01T12:03:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-01T12:03:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg","width":1240,"height":827},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/after-trump-cut-support-us-lawmakers-press-for-action-on-russian-abductions-of-ukrainian-children\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prima pagin\u0103","item":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/","name":"News","description":"Euro TV News Agency","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69","name":"Misu Videan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Misu Videan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro"],"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2219444573-1-4-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}