US ‘deletes evidence’ of #Russia’s kidnap of 35,000 Ukrainian children

“A #Yale University source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to #Ukraine.

It would also have been used to prosecute those behind their abductions – including Russian president Vladimir #Putin.”

independent.co.uk/news/world/e…

US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

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

^{Sam Kiley (The Independent)}