Russia is one step closer to state sponsor of terrorism designation

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00:00Russia is one step closer to being designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.

00:05The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced legislation Wednesday morning

00:08that seeks to punish Russia for kidnapping an estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children during the war.

00:14It is a war crime.

00:17Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022,

00:21President Vladimir Putin's forces have kidnapped, deported, or displaced approximately 20,000 children,

00:27ranging in age from just a few months to 17.

00:30They were sent to Russia or its occupied territories.

00:33The goal?

00:34Strip the children of their Ukrainian identity and make them believe they're Russian.

00:39Russia even hopes one day some of them will serve in its military.

00:42Vladimir Putin is purposefully doing it,

00:45and the outrage ought to move us to pass this bill literally within coming weeks.

00:52Members of Congress are happy President Trump canceled his planned summit with Vladimir Putin.

00:57They hope the president will be more willing to punish Russia economically.

01:00I hope that the time has come now to move forward on the Russia sanctions bill,

01:06to use an economic sledgehammer,

01:08and stop India, China, Brazil from fueling Putin's war machine.

01:15If Russia is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism,

01:19it would join North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and Iran.

01:22Sanctions would be imposed automatically,

01:24and anyone who does business with the country would also face punishment.

01:28I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News.

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