A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has pleaded the case of kidnapped Ukrainian children to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to help save their lives.

The representatives asked Rubio to maintain funding for the Conflict Observatory at Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab. They pointed to the observatory as responsible for documenting Russian war crimes after it invaded Ukraine.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said a key element of the research involves tracking the “abduction and concealment of Ukrainian children within Russia’s adoption system.” He said that without funding, the observatory will close.

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