New U.S. president Donald Trump On January 20, on his first day of office, he signed a regulation suspending all global aid programs for 90 days. He translated it. the request to bring expenditure into line with the American First policy, putting US interests first.
"The freezing of backing has begun to influence global efforts to bring Russia to account for alleged war crimes in Ukraine," Reuters said.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. More than 140,000 war crimes cases were launched
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 140,000 war crimes have been launched, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and large parts of the country being destroyed. Trump's decision threatens six U.S.-funded projects of a $89 million Ukrainian prosecutor's office," the agency noted. The support of 5 has already been frozen — added.
The suspension of backing of aid schemes besides affects the work of Ukrainian NGOs, which are liable for collecting evidence from victims and witnesses and evidence of suspected war crimes. — We request to look for alternate sources of funding. We will proceed to work, though limited said Alexander Pawlichenko of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union of Human Rights.
A group of respective human rights organisations has already stopped their regional offices.
Trump's decision and modernisation of Ukraine's justice system
— Trump's decision besides influenced the plan to launch the US-funded judicial governance system, which is part of a broader effort to aid modernise Ukrainian justice “ Leonid Sawiękov, Deputy manager of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine liable for digitization, said.
