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WATCH NOW – H.E. Ekaterini Nassika
@GreeceInUSA
joins Catherine Sendak to discuss Greece’s role in fostering transatlantic cooperation and continued support for Ukraine.
#StateOfTheAlliance
“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.”
@Cyberdefensecom
August 2008, Russia illegally invades Georgia.
August 2023, Russia illegally occupies 20% of Georgia.
15 years on, the Kremlin is now repeating these very same tactics in Ukraine, with the sole goal of preventing 🇺🇦Ukraine and 🇬🇪Georgia from determining their own future.
🇺🇦 "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."
@general_ben
tells
@LauraAJarrett
&
@ChristineRomans
that Russia does not have the manpower to take Kyiv.
“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
“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,”
@edwardlucas
“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.”
@OlgaNYC1211
“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,”
@LaurenSperanza
🇺🇦 “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.”
@lapatina_
🇺🇦 “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.”
@olgatokariuk
🇺🇦“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.”
@oleksiireznikov
"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."
@elina_beketova
#BehindTheLines
🇺🇦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.
🇭🇰 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.
@nathanlawkc
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.”
@Cyberdefensecom
“If Putin is to win this, some NATO country will be next. And I think it's a lot smarter to just stop this invasion, to push him back.”
@LeaderMcConnell
why the US remains committed to supporting Ukraine.
#CEPAForum
#WinTheWar
🇺🇦 "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."
@apolyakova
“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.”
@apolyakova
“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,”
@OlgaNYC1211
""Western companies who invested in Russia in recent years did so despite clear warnings. They made exceptionally bad business calls. It is not the responsibility of Western governments to bail them out."
@tashecon
🇺🇦 “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.”
@general_ben
🇺🇦 “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.”
@edwardlucas
"I want F16s [in Ukraine]. I've said that for the beginning,"
@SenatorRisch
emphasizes why it is important that allies provide F16s to Ukraine.
#VictoryForUkraine
"Ukraine is no Vietnam or Afghanistan for the US, but it is exactly that for Russia. A Russia continually mired in a war it cannot win is a huge strategic win for the US."
@tashecon
#2022Best
“We should be prepared to challenge Russian operations in international waters of the Black Sea and international air space over the Black Sea.”
@general_ben
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"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."
@JuliaDavisNews
“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,"
@general_ben
tells
@amanpour
why Russia cannot win a war of attrition against Ukraine.
"Your money is not charity. It is an investment in the global democracy and security that we handle in the most responsible way,"
@ZelenskyyUa
thanks the Americans for financial and military support, but urges that more needs to be done to achieve victory.
🇭🇰 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.
@nathanlawkc
emphasizes, "any country that cares about freedom and democracy cannot look the other way."
#CEPAForum
🇺🇦 There’s fighting underway across frontline Ukraine, says
@general_ben
, but the decisive moment will come when we see hundreds of armored vehicles hitting Russian lines.
"The US, UK, and Canada are reportedly set to present proposals to G7 leaders in February to finally utilize $300bn-plus in Russian assets frozen in the West."
@tashecon
"It will be a tough fight. It also, I think, is going to raise the stakes if Mr Putin is still in power,"
@MarkHertling
discusses why Crimea is set to become a contentious battleground as Russia continues its war against Ukraine.
#MeetTheMoment
🇺🇦 "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
@KurinnaMarie
“For Putin, compromise is a sign of weakness and an invitation to further aggression,"
@vkaramurza
"If he's allowed a face-saving exit from the war, then in a year or two we will have another one.”
“We made our stance clear, we are against the war and the dictator supporting it”
@Tsihanouskaya
describes how Belarussians have used civic engagement to resist increased involvement in Putin’s war against Ukraine.
🇺🇦 "Ukrainians cannot afford to have war fatigue, because they living this war everyday."
@olgatokariuk
discusses the need for the West to continue to
#MeetTheMoment
and support Ukraine.
"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."
@general_ben
talks to
@CNN
about how Ukraine's forces are successfully countering Russian war tactics.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 “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.”
@AndrewNovo
"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,
@olgatokariuk
explains there is no limit to the crimes Russian forces are willing to commit.
Criticizing Putin's war in Ukraine is punishable by up to 15 years in jail. However, opposition activists such as
@vkaramurza
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
@kalenskyj
@MaximEristavi
and
@olgatokariuk
as they discuss the successful strategies that Ukraine is using to win the information war.
"Where is the compromise? Russia seeks to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth. Can we perhaps negotiate a partial genocide?"
@burlakova_lera
"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
🇺🇦 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
🇺🇦 “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.”
@general_ben
and
@tskos
🇺🇦🇷🇺 "Putin has been in power for 20 years and has nothing to show for it."
@OlgaNYC1211
joins
@BBCWorld
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.
🇺🇦 “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.”
@UmlandAndreas
🇺🇦 "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."
@oleksiireznikov
@armyinformcomua
“Support Ukrainian voices, ask Ukrainians about what’s going on in this war,”
@avalaina
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.
🇺🇦 “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
🇺🇦 “Some in the West hope for an end to hostilities, whatever the terms. Ukrainians know that only victory will bring long-lasting peace.”
@olgatokariuk
"Russia lies, Russia always lies. Russia lied since the beginning of this war and before,"
@olgatokariuk
speaks with
@CBC
about Russian war crimes in Bucha & the emerging stories from Ukrainians who lived in areas controlled by Russian forces during the conflict.
🇷🇺 “After two weeks of halting war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin just suddenly launched an attack in a surprising direction — his beloved agency, the FSB.”
@irinaborogan
&
@AndreiSoldatov
"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."
@JuliaDavisNews
“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.”
@edwardlucas
"Signs of Western hesitation over support for Ukraine encourage Russian propagandists to speculate on which country might be the next victim."
@JuliaDavisNews
"Hasty speculation based on fragmentary evidence fuels disinformation and creates a distorted picture of the situation among the general public."
@federicoborsar1
"I absolutely believe that the Ukrainians have achieved what I would call irreversible momentum,"
@general_ben
reflects on the outcomes of Ukraine's counteroffensive.
#MeetTheMoment
🇺🇦 “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.”
@federicoborsar1
“If Putin is to win this, some NATO country will be next. And I think it's a lot smarter to just stop this invasion, to push him back.”
@LeaderMcConnell
highlights the threat to democracy everywhere and stresses the importance of continued support for Ukraine.
The Russian Orthodox Church abroad is becoming an increasingly important part of the Kremlin's intelligence and influence operations.
@AndreiSoldatov
explains to
@ErinBurnett
how religious officials are cooperating with Russian agents in the United States and beyond.
"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
“We have been fighting for this for 730 days of our lives. We will win on the greatest day of our lives. Any normal person wants the war to end. But none of us will allow Ukraine to end,”
@ZelenskyyUa
"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"
@kvolker
tells
@margbrennan
why the West must help Ukraine now.
"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."
@edwardlucas
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@JuliaDavisNews
🇺🇦"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."
@olgatokariuk
tells
@TeamCavuto
that the West must provide more direct military & economic aid to support Ukraine's defense.
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
@KremlinRussia_E
where are the taken?
#TheTaken
August 2008, Russia illegally invades Georgia.
August 2022, Russia illegally occupies 20% of Georgia.
14 years on the Kremlin is now repeating these very same tactics in Ukraine, with the sole goal of preventing 🇺🇦Ukraine and 🇬🇪Georgia from determining their own future.
“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