Head of the Office of the President of Ukrainian @AndriyYermak says President @ZelenskyyUa's "main goal is to stop the war In Ukraine and to make the historical reforms." #ACFrontPage
"It's a very big concern, the potential aggression from the side of the Russian Federation," Head of the Office President @ZelenskyyUa's office @AndriyYermak tells #ACFrontPage. "If It happens, more than the majority of the people in Ukraine will defend our country."
How is it "possible to talk about European security" without Ukraine? "It's impossible," @AndriyYermak remarks. #ACFrontPage
🇺🇦@AndriyYermak addresses today's cyberattack in an #ACFrontPage conversation: "The most strategic infrastructure in Ukraine was not destroyed by this attack… Practically 90% of sites" will be restored soon. Ukrainian intelligence has "some thoughts" about who is behind it
Western leaders have maintained regular contact with Ukraine and have assured them that when it comes to decision making, "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine." #ACFrontPage
🚨BREAKING: Head of President of @ZelenskyyUa's Office @AndriyYermak tells #ACFrontPage that "President Zelenskyy proposed to President Biden" a trilateral meeting " by video conference between President Biden, President Zelenskyy, and President Putin."
#ACFrontPage – @AndriyYermak tells @ACEurasia director that the Ukrainian government is "seriously" preparing with "partners" on various Russian aggression scenarios mentioned by @JohnEdHerbst.
In a call with Zelenskyy, Biden said, "the US will do everything to help 🇺🇦fully prepare to defend our country" but "we need help before something happens… It's not the time to discuss sanctions when we have > than 100K 🇷🇺soldiers on our border." @AndriyYermak#ACFrontPage
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🧵 Since retaking Afghanistan, the Taliban has issued decrees to systematically oppress women and girls.
In this audio thread compiled by @SHalaimzai, @Metra_Mehran, and @mari_thero, #AfghanWomen narrate their ordeal under gender apartheid in Afghanistan:bit.ly/3Tt3JZ2
“Women are ordered to stay indoors because Taliban soldiers are not trained to respect women.” #AfghanWomen #GenderApartheid 🎧⬇️
“We believed that the international community was with us, that they wouldn’t give away our hard work, our rights. I feel embarrassed for thinking that now.” #AfghanWomen #GenderApartheid 🎧⬇️
The decision puts other states offering support to Israel on notice, writes @SLPJustice’s @Celeste_Kmiotek.
“Should the ICJ determine that Israel is committing genocide, the states that have aided Israel could also face cases before the ICJ.” atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
@SLPJustice @Celeste_Kmiotek “Today’s decision is an important blow to the argument advanced by Israel’s critics that death and destruction in Gaza are sufficient to establish a violation of the Genocide Convention,” says @ACMideast’s @TomWarrickAC. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
Russia's war on Ukraine is also a war on global food security. A new issue brief by @anders_aslund breaks down how Ukraine's global granary has been stolen and suppressed by a Russian blockade on the Black Sea, and its impact on the global food crisis. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…
🇺🇸@RepMikeQuigley breaks down the global impact Russia's actions have had on food supplies and prices, and voices support for the recommendation that an international coalition ensures Ukraine's ports are open for critical shipping.
Since February, Russian ships have blockaded and mined Ukraine's ports and choked off international shipping. This means that Ukraine, one of the world's largest suppliers of grain and wheat, can't get its goods to market.
❝Russia has attacked not just us, not just our land, not just our cities, it went on a brutal offensive against our values, against our right to live freely in our own country, against our national dreams. Just like the same dreams you Americans have.❞ – @ZelenskyyUa
❝This is a terror that Europe has not seen for 80 years… Is this a lot to ask for to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people? Is this too much to ask? If this is too much to ask, we offer an alternative. You know what kind of defense systems we need.❞ – @ZelenskyyUa
❝I have a dream. These words are known to each of you today, I can say I have a need. I need to protect our sky. I need your decision. Your help…Ukraine is grateful to the United States for its overwhelming support…However, I call on you to do more.❞ – @ZelenskyyUa
🔥Rising heat: It’s the theme of the summer with more than 1/3 of US states under extreme heat warnings.
Our conception of summer is changing from a time of fun & leisure to a period of emergency. @ArshtRock's @KBMcLeodFLA asks how we can relax when so many people are at risk?
Most people know the effects of global warming:
🌅Rising sea levels
🥀Mass extinction of plants + wildlife
🌊Worsening floods
🔥Fires
⛈Hurricanes
But heat is too often overlooked as a destructive force. Heat kills more Americans annually than any other natural disaster.
We cannot effectively combat extreme heat until we understand its scope.
That’s the motive behind @ArshtRock's new groundbreaking study. The study is designed to quantify some of the most important economic and social impacts of heat in the US today. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…
Turkey may have a window of opportunity to help the international community hold the Taliban accountable for its behavior, writes @iacoskun. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeyso…
“The Taliban takeover bears the potential to introduce a reloaded abiogenesis to the Salafi-jihadist terrorism ecosystem. This is bad news for Turkey,” writes @EdamOrg's Can Kasapoğlu. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeyso…