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State Department says research data on Ukrainian children was not deleted after funding cut; grant review cited

2699280 · March 19, 2025
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The spokesperson said the administration reviewed foreign-aid funding and cut certain grants; she denied reports that data collected by a research initiative (described by reporters as connected to an academic project) had been deleted and said the data is not missing.

The State Department confirmed it reviewed and cut some foreign-aid-funded programs and denied that data collected on missing and abducted Ukrainian children had been deleted.

During questions, reporters cited a research initiative (reported as a grant at Yale University) that had been terminated and described fears that data on some 30,000 abducted Ukrainian children had been…

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