“Any Ukrainian who sees French, British, American, Spanish, Brazilian, from wherever they come, volunteers joining their resistance will solidify the notion that the war is not between Ukraine and Russia; but between good and evil.”
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“The war in Ukraine is not about Ukraine, it’s about one man’s desire to return to the past. NATO must stop him.”
🇺🇦 "I believe that we are probably about 10 days away from Russia culminating. In other words, running out of time, running out of people, and running out of ammunition." tells & that Russia does not have the manpower to take Kyiv.
"Russia’s trolls have had a bad time from an army of cartoon dogs. Further success requires greater organization."
“Make no mistake, President Zelenskyy is fighting for more than his country; he is defending Western democratic values and the lives of NATO citizens who would one day have had to confront Putin’s war machine.” James H. Armstead cepa.org/the-righteous-
“I think Putin’s aim is 1) to render Ukraine non-viable — crippled, uninvestable, in political social and economic torment, and 2) to show that the West doesn’t have the willpower to resist him,”
“Kazakhstan has no need to bend the knee to Putin. It is clear that Russia is desperate to have neighbors do as they’re told, and equally clear that it lacks the power to make them.”
“Not only does Putin have a huge failure on his hands in terms of his military objectives in Ukraine, but he’s also enlarged NATO, which was the exact opposite of what he wanted,”
🇺🇦🇺🇸 "The cost-benefit analysis of US support for Ukraine is incontrovertible. It’s producing wins at almost every level."
🇺🇦 “With every act of bravery and courage, Ukrainians show that we are ready to pay the highest price for democracy — ours and the world over. In this battle, we will not surrender and we will not capitulate. Because our freedom is immutable.” nytimes.com/2022/03/05/opi
🇺🇦 “The aerial umbrella sought by Ukraine doesn’t have to be imposed by NATO — the United Nations could also act.”
🇺🇦 “For the sake of everything that is good in this world, for the sake of hope, Ukraine should win. Ukraine must win, but the world must help it do so.”
“The West believes it has a choice whether it should directly confront Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. It really doesn’t.”
🇺🇦“Europe, America, and everybody who wants to live in a world based on the rule of law, a world that respects human rights and freedoms and has no room for terror, genocide or subjugation of entire nations, has to support Ukraine now.”
🇺🇦31 years ago, Ukraine achieved its independence from the USSR.
8 years ago, the Kremlin annexed Crimea and hoped to destabilize Ukraine.
6 months ago, Putin invaded all Ukraine.
Today, 181 days later, Ukraine stands free and the invasion falters.
From
Volodymyr Harets
🇭🇰 When democratic nations have shown support for democracy in Hong Kong, Xi Jinping's regime has been quick to react with threats of future hostile relations. emphasizes, "any country that cares about freedom and democracy cannot look the other way." #CEPAForum
“Any Ukrainian who sees French, British, American, Spanish, Brazilian, from wherever they come, volunteers joining their resistance will solidify the notion that the war is not between Ukraine and Russia; but between good and evil.”
"The shift in population is happening so fast that, if the city is not liberated, 80% of its population will be Russian within five years, he added." #BehindTheLines
🇺🇦 "Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine has exposed the true nature of the Putin regime as it aims to conquer and subjugate a peaceful neighbor and violently revise the international order. The world we lived in a week ago no longer exists."
“NATO membership is the only reason that the Baltic states and other members in central and eastern Europe have not been attacked by Russia. It was a strategic mistake to not move faster to include Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia.”
“Putin might well, therefore, have expected the country to do his bidding when he launched his war of aggression against Ukraine. But to widespread surprise, Kazakhstan rejected Russia’s request for Kazakh troops to join the campaign,”
🇺🇦 TOMORROW 11 AM EST - As the Russian war against Ukraine continues, @MaximEristavi and join together to discuss the successful strategies that Ukraine is using to win the information war.
🇺🇦 “Russian generals are running out of time, ammunition, and manpower. That’s not based on any inside intelligence — it’s clear from open source information and my own experience. I could be way off, but I am confident of this assessment.”
🇺🇦 “Few talk now of Ukrainian defeat. The consensus prediction is a bloody months-long stalemate. But on the ground, Russia is retreating — and the hideous cost of its occupation is becoming clear.”
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“We should be prepared to challenge Russian operations in international waters of the Black Sea and international air space over the Black Sea.” cepa.org/defending-us-a
“Ukrainians badly need more Western weapons, and the human toll of their extraordinary resistance is rising.” cepa.org/flaming-june-m
“Putting business interests above all else is ultimately a destructive and short-term approach.”
"I want F16s [in Ukraine]. I've said that for the beginning," emphasizes why it is important that allies provide F16s to Ukraine. #VictoryForUkraine
🇷🇺🇺🇦 “The Russian people do not control their state: they are subjects. But the Ukrainian people do control theirs: they are citizens.” cepa.org/why-ukraine-wi
“Slovakia is also offering, along with the Czechs, to service & repair Ukrainian armored vehicles at its military workshops, & is in talks to export mobile artillery systems. By some measures, Slovakia is now among Ukraine’s leading military donors.”
"As long as we continue to provide the weapons and ammunition, I believe they [Ukrainians] can stay in the fight until they have won — until the Russians have finally culminated," tells why Russia cannot win a war of attrition against Ukraine.
🇭🇰 When democratic nations have shown support for democracy in Hong Kong, Xi Jinping's regime has been quick to react with threats of future hostile relations. emphasizes, "any country that cares about freedom and democracy cannot look the other way." #CEPAForum
"Your money is not charity. It is an investment in the global democracy and security that we handle in the most responsible way," thanks the Americans for financial and military support, but urges that more needs to be done to achieve victory.
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Aadesh Gindodiya
"It will be a tough fight. It also, I think, is going to raise the stakes if Mr Putin is still in power," discusses why Crimea is set to become a contentious battleground as Russia continues its war against Ukraine. #MeetTheMoment
"NATO membership for Ukraine is the right course whatever the outcome of the war." Patrick Turner
🇺🇦 There’s fighting underway across frontline Ukraine, says , but the decisive moment will come when we see hundreds of armored vehicles hitting Russian lines.
“We made our stance clear, we are against the war and the dictator supporting it” describes how Belarussians have used civic engagement to resist increased involvement in Putin’s war against Ukraine.
"Putin and his generals think they can bomb Ukraine into surrender. They are badly wrong." #2022Best
“For Putin, compromise is a sign of weakness and an invitation to further aggression," "If he's allowed a face-saving exit from the war, then in a year or two we will have another one.”
"I do not think the Russians have the capacity to successfully carry out this new approach [...] if it does turn into a war of attrition Ukraine is going to win out in the end." talks to about how Ukraine's forces are successfully countering Russian war tactics.
🇺🇦 "Crimea, the symbol of Russia’s new imperialism, should now become a symbol of its defeat. Otherwise Ukraine, and the wider Black Sea region, will never know peace." Elena Davlikanova and
🇺🇦 "Ukrainians cannot afford to have war fatigue, because they living this war everyday." discusses the need for the West to continue to #MeetTheMoment and support Ukraine.
"They are dropping bombs on residential areas, on maternity hospitals killing pregnant women and unborn children." As Russian attacks kill and injure journalists in Ukraine, explains there is no limit to the crimes Russian forces are willing to commit.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 “Providing Ukraine with modern attack drones would give Ukrainians the chance to target Russian troops and supply concentrations more effectively. This would force Russia to disperse its offensive weapons systems.”
Criticizing Putin's war in Ukraine is punishable by up to 15 years in jail. However, opposition activists such as have chosen to stay, resist the authorities & oppose the war because "a Russian politician's place is in Russia. It could never have been any other way."
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 TOMORROW 11 AM EST - As the Russian war against Ukraine continues, join @MaximEristavi and as they discuss the successful strategies that Ukraine is using to win the information war.
🇺🇦 “The West believes it has a choice whether it should directly confront Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. It really doesn’t.”
"Poland perceives Putin's war on Ukraine as a war against democratic societies not only against the West, the collective West, but truly against democracy." Kasia Pisarka discusses how Poland has been assisting Ukrainian refugees & why Putin must be stopped now. #StandWithUkraine
"Where is the compromise? Russia seeks to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth. Can we perhaps negotiate a partial genocide?"
🇺🇦🇷🇺 "Putin has been in power for 20 years and has nothing to show for it." joins to explain that Russia's threat to invade Ukraine is part of Putin's effort to secure his political legacy and, in part, overturn the collapse of the Soviet Union.
🇺🇦 “The issue is that a massacre is taking place in Europe, on our doorstep, and that the strongest military alliance in the world is staying out of it. We are deterred and Russia is not.” and
🇺🇦 May 9 marks the 75th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ivanna Kuz explains the failings of the Russian invasion so far and why, "above all, Russia has lost this war because Putin has failed to understand the people of the country he is trying to occupy." #StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦 “By visiting Ukraine, you show the world what you stand for. By going to Kyiv, you bring some hope, support, and money to the Ukrainians. Your mere presence will signal to East Europeans that Ukraine’s cause is not lost.”
🇺🇦 "Ukrainians have proven that we can fight and are ready to win. But we need weapons. These weapons will help to strengthen Europe's and NATO's eastern border."
🇺🇦 “The issue is not whether we stop Putin. It is when we stop him. The time is now. The US must have the same level of courage and resolve it displayed in the past when allies cried for help and our national interest was threatened.” Adrian Zuckerman
“Support Ukrainian voices, ask Ukrainians about what’s going on in this war,” explains why we must amplify Ukrainian voices. She leads the vital work at the Center for Civil Liberties, which has been awarded the 2022 #NobelPeacePrize for its critical work in Ukraine.
"Russia lies, Russia always lies. Russia lied since the beginning of this war and before," speaks with about Russian war crimes in Bucha & the emerging stories from Ukrainians who lived in areas controlled by Russian forces during the conflict.
🇺🇦 “The alliance should declare Ukraine’s survival a core interest and warn Putin off any use of nuclear weapons.”
🇷🇺 “After two weeks of halting war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin just suddenly launched an attack in a surprising direction — his beloved agency, the FSB.” &
“If the war with Ukraine ends in disaster, the blame lies with Vladimir Putin, not those who resist his aggression. The Russian leader can stop whenever he wants, and the sooner he does, the better for everybody.”
🇺🇦 “Some in the West hope for an end to hostilities, whatever the terms. Ukrainians know that only victory will bring long-lasting peace.”
"Carlson’s departure is in this sense a loss to the Kremlin’s information war."
“This is about respect for international law and the sovereignty of European countries... Russia has zero respect for any of that.”
🇺🇦 “Ukrainian special operations forces (SOF) are emerging as a pivotal component of the Kyiv government’s strategy to erode the sustainability of the Russian invasion.”
“The horrific images of the war in Ukraine are undoubtedly only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Russia’s crimes.” Krista Viksnins
"Ukrainians are being maimed and killed, and their country is devastated, because Western help has been so hesitant."
"It occasionally occurs to Putin’s mouthpieces that they may one day face charges in a war crimes tribunal. The case for the prosecution is in their own words."
"I absolutely believe that the Ukrainians have achieved what I would call irreversible momentum," reflects on the outcomes of Ukraine's counteroffensive. #MeetTheMoment
“If you need an illustration of how everyday life in Ukraine differs from the rest of Europe, consider the elevators.”
"Hasty speculation based on fragmentary evidence fuels disinformation and creates a distorted picture of the situation among the general public."
🇺🇦 “A sign of victory for me will be boarding a plane in Kharkiv and landing in Mariupol,”
"We have to understand that Putin is bent on a military victory. He wants to destroy Ukraine, decapitate the leadership, he doesn't care about how many casualties this causes, what happens to the civilian population" tells why the West must help Ukraine now.
🇺🇦⚪️🔴⚪️ “Without an independent and free Ukraine, there is no independent and free Belarus.”
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BBC News (World)
🇺🇦"What is happening in Ukraine now is not only Ukraine's business. It is not just a threat to Ukraine, it is a threat to European and global security." tells that the West must provide more direct military & economic aid to support Ukraine's defense.
"Make no mistake, President Zelenskyy is fighting for more than his country; he is defending Western democratic values and the lives of NATO citizens who would one day have had to confront Putin’s war machine." James H. Armstead cepa.org/article/the-ri
Putin can't take Ukraine so he's taking its people. Dozens of civilians have been abducted and thousands more deported to Russia. They have names and faces. Please share them and demand their safe return. Ask where are the taken? #TheTaken
“Russia should compensate Ukraine for the lives as well as the material wealth it has destroyed.” Walter Clemens
"The death and destruction Ukrainians are experiencing now at Russian hands echoes what the Soviet Union inflicted on the Baltic states and other countries. The only choice is to stop it now, or suffer more later."
🇺🇦"I could safely say that Ukraine is united in its resistance and is ready for a long battle but Ukraine will prevail ultimately. I'm sure of it." tells how Ukrainians, at home and abroad, are pulling together to face down Putin's invasion.
"There is a widespread consensus in the state-controlled media that this so-called “denazification” means mass murder."
“Ukraine was, until February 24, the most important country in the world that most people couldn’t find on a map. It has now become the most important country in the world that the world is not saving.” Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti cepa.org/saving-ourselv
"Zelenskyy’s message might have been tailor-made for Africa."
“Russia’s treatment of occupied territories and population mean that the Baltic states are not willing to concede a single inch, or a single soul, to that fate.” cepa.org/stiffening-spi
🇺🇦 “In short, Russia’s heavy-handed tactics produced exactly the result they were supposed to avoid, including growing support for NATO.” cepa.org/western-expert
"We must give Ukraine everything it needs to defeat Russian forces as quickly as possible, without artificial restrictions. Russia seeks to weaponize time in its favor; it must not be given that option."
🇺🇦 “The open question is whether the US and the EU can afford not to intervene? Military and humanitarian aid must be delivered to Ukraine. This can only be effected by ensuring Russian forces do not interfere.” Adrian Zuckerman
“For the Kremlin, after 22 years of crimes, the Nuremberg moment must come. It cannot wait.”
"All of independent journalism in Russia has been shut down," Editor David Remnick explains why we must support independent Russian voices that are risking their lives to spread the truth about Putin's war in Ukraine. Support now: cepa.org/programs/democ
"Do not expect that [democracies] will stay there forever. If you do not fight for them, if you do not defend them then you are at risk as well. " discusses how more people can help to defend democracies at the 2022 #NATO Youth Summit.
"The degree to which Europe was reliant on Russian gas, and the naivete that many Europeans had about Putin's intentions in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, seems to be falling away" #MeetTheMoment
"Russia’s propaganda methods might be shifting, but its rage against those opposing Putin’s bloody pursuit of his imperial ambitions is unsatiated."
"Morocco has become the first African state to provide military assistance to Ukraine, according to French, Czech, and Ukrainian reports."
🇺🇦 "Faced with a threat of renewed Russian aggression, Ukrainians are not afraid. Will the West stand by their side and show similar courage and strength?"
