🇧🇾 Videos are emerging of Belarusian servicemen and police officers tossing their uniforms away.
“I swore an oath to my nation, but seeing what’s happening in Minsk I can no longer wear this uniform.” @mjluxmoore
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- "Branding the Azov Battalion as ‘neo-Nazi’ long after it shed its far-right origins is part of a deafening corruption of public discourse," writes @VladDavidzon for @tabletmag.
- The Biden Administration declassified an intelligence finding today that Russia’s FSB orchestrated the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, and announced its first sanctions against the Russian government, reports the @nytimes.
- WATCH | How to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. @melindaharing moderates a conversation with @PMBreedlove, @JohnEdHerbst, @IAPonomarenko, & @olgatokariuk on the latest in Russia's war. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
- #UkraineAlert | If Ukraine is forced to cede land to Russia in exchange for peace, Vladimir Putin’s entire invasion will be legitimized and his imperial appetite will only grow, writes @Biz_Ukraine_Mag.
- NEW #BelarusAlert | @PowerVertical: Belarus was widely expected to join the Russian invasion of Ukraine but indications are growing that the Belarusian military is strongly opposed to any involvement in Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression.
- "Nearly three-quarters of Americans believe that the United States should continue to send economic & defense aid to Ukraine," writes @MTemnycky in @thehill. "These results suggest that most Americans continue to support Ukraine."
- "It's time for world leaders posing for selfies with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, to back up the photo ops with real action against Putin's killing machine," writes @ACEurasia Fellow @WorldAffairsPro in @CNNOpinion. edition.cnn.com/2022/04/13/opi…
- ⚡ 25 national security experts argue for greater US support to Ukraine: "The smart and economical way to protect our interests is to ensure that Putin fails in Ukraine. That justifies major assistance to Kyiv." Read the joint statement in @thehill ⤵️
- 🇺🇸🇧🇾 "While I support greater ties between the United States and the Belarusian people, now is not the time to be elevating the diplomatic relationship with Lukashenka’s government." @ChrisMurphyCT
- "Putin’s belief that he could subjugate Ukraine—the precipitating cause of the imminent energy crisis—owes a great deal to Western Europe’s lackluster military support for its embattled neighbor." - @AtlanticCouncil's @jkirchick in @washingtonpost.
- NEW: 19 top former officials urge the US to give @Ukraine the weapons it needs to win before it's too late. "The smart and prudent move is to stop Putin’s aggressive designs in Ukraine, and to do so now, when it will make a difference."
- "If Ukraine stops fighting in exchange for the illusion of a temporary truce, the consequences for both Ukraine and the wider world will be grave and the costs of stopping Putin will rise even further." @KaterynaZarembo
- “Amid a terrible war, Starr is redefining what it means to be a journalist who is as much a participant as an observer.” @ACEurasia Fellow @terrelljstarr is profiled by @rubycramer in @POLITICOMag about his work on the ground in Ukraine.
