Anand Offers Funding to Groups Helping Ukrainian Children Abducted by Russia
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is promising more funding to support Ukrainians who make it home after being abducted by Russia. Anand announced the funding today in Toronto at a conference where Ukrainian youth and a former prisoner of war have shared harrowing stories of Russian captivity. Anand says Canada is providing $863,000 in new […]
TL;DR
- Canada is allocating $863,000 in new funding to support Ukrainian civil society groups assisting returned children and families.
- The funding was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand in Toronto.
- Survivors of Russian captivity, including Ukrainian youth and a former prisoner of war, shared their stories at the conference.
- Canada has employed artificial intelligence technology to trace the whereabouts of abducted Ukrainian children and prisoners of war.
- Ukrainian officials report that Russia has abducted 20,000 Ukrainian children, with 2,573 having returned.