
Sanya Burgess
Investigations Journalist at The i Paper
Journalist. Chronically online. Investigations corr @theipaper. On all the X alternatives.
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3 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Sanya Burgess
Kseniia’s little brother would not hug her when she came to rescue him from the Russians. When she walked through the door, Sergii, 11, would not look her in the eye and turned his body away from her. “I don’t want to return because in Ukraine, the Nazis will kill me,” he told her, repeating himself over and over.
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3 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Sanya Burgess
Donald Trump has reversed the decision to axe funding for a US team that tracks down Ukrainian children stolen by Russia, in a rare u-turn by the President’s administration. The dramatic reversal comes after the The i Paper first revealed that US government funding for a vital programme run by Yale University that helps locate children abducted by Russians was cancelled amid Elon Musk’s slashing of the federal budget.
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4 weeks ago |
inews.co.uk | Sanya Burgess
The UK will “do everything” it can to help end the “sickening” and “grotesque” abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia, the Prime Minister has committed. Keir Starmer made the promise during Prime Minister Questions in the House of Commons after he was asked about The i Paper’s revelation that the Trump administration had axed funding for a programme run by Yale University that rescues children abducted by Russia.
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1 month ago |
inews.co.uk | Sanya Burgess
Donald Trump is facing a rebellion from some senior Republican senators over his administration’s decision to axe a programme tracking down Ukrainian children stolen by Russia. It marks the first time senior members of the President’s own party have spoken out against him on this issue and – along with condemnation from Christian groups – suggests it is an area of weakness in Trump’s team that can be exploited by those opposed to these cuts.
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1 month ago |
inews.co.uk | Sanya Burgess
Messy pots of paint lie over the table, as a dozen busy children use brushes to create their own works of art. A familiar scene to any parent – but given a closer look, some of the paintings bear details that are deeply troubling. One has a word carefully written across the top in black paint, “UNCERTAINTY”. Another child has scrawled the word “FEAR” on a piece of red paper.
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