Klobuchar Urges President Trump to Support Efforts to Bring Abducted Ukrainian Children Home

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statement:
“I hope President Trump will be announcing continued strong support for Ukraine this week in concert with our allies. I also urge him to make a clear commitment to finding and bringing home
to Ukraine the thousands of Ukrainian children who have been abducted and forcibly deported by Russia,”
said Klobuchar.
“The United States should continue to support Ukraine’s determined work to track the missing and get these kids home. One way we can do that is by continuing the State Department funding of the work being done to track the stolen children.”
Last
month
, Senators Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to enhance U.S. support for Ukraine’s efforts to investigate and track the nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children who have been abducted during Putin’s brutal invasion, assist with the rehabilitation and reintegration of children who are returned, and provide justice and accountability for perpetrators of these abductions. As of today, Ukraine and its partners have only managed to return 1,399 abducted children, according to Ukraine’s figures.
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