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Mar 2 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
#Kharkiv friends: I'm in touch w/ one of world's most reputable human rights orgs. They're documenting information about potential war crimes that happened in Kharkiv on Feb 28. They need to interview ppl ASAP who were there at the time. Please message me if you can assist.
If any of you could RT or connect me w/ ppl. The team is v multingual & can interview via phone in Ukrainian, Russian, English, Arabic, etc 🙏

@KyivIndependent @IAPonomarenko @whitebabydoll_ @olex_scherba @lapatina_ @amberinzaman @lyubovlytvyn @Liesbet58 @Kristin76947457
It will be a definitive report that writes the history of specific abuses that happened in Kharkiv 2 days ago. Interviewees can speak on or off the record. Extremely reputable organisation.
@Beltrew @FrancescaEbel @matthewcassel @Aga_Pik just in case you hear of anyone or can pass this along

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Mar 3
🔴 If you have ppl in #Ukraine near pink parts of this map & they have children or don't want to fight through a siege, *please* get them to evac if they can make it ➡️ Lviv safely. Today heard reports of soldiers pillaging food, shooting @ buses & damaging train station in #Somy ImageImage
Source: bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Somy is in NE Ukraine, near Kharkiv & Russian border.

For a sense of the tactics solid journalists & analysts fear Russia could employ to take over recalcitrant cities, listen to today's @nytimes Daily podcast: nytimes.com/2022/03/03/pod…
Upshot is things could get v ugly v fast. Evacuating safely or at all might not be poss soon if you're near pink/ in Russia soldiers' path of advance. If you want to leave, pls do so now. Connected to folks in pink areas today w/o option now but to hunker down, hide food & pray
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Mar 3
Honoured to be a signatory.

The US should not be accomplice to Kais Saied’s dictatorial consolidation in Tunisia. Additional forms of economic assistance, inc Millenium Challenge, should be given only upon completion of the concrete institutional steps specified here.
I want to flag up one *very* important caveat to my signing, though: I want to state v clearly for the record that, w/o the return of not just a elected parliament but *the* elected parliament (even for a v short time), Tunisia will exist outside constitutional rule.
That’s bc elections held for any new parliament in Tunisia w/o the current (now frozen) parliament organising them through ISIE, new election law, etc. will—by definition—be unconstitutional.
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Mar 1
Update: My family in Kharkiv managed to board Lviv-bound train this afternoon. Indescribable rush of relief, emotion when they got on that train. Beginning of long & difficult journey but we hope the most dangerous part has passed. Sending love to all w/ folks still there 😔🇺🇦❤️
Happy to share whatever tidbits I learned & networks I’ve got to help others escape Kharkiv safely. I’m not in Ukraine but went full throttle trying to help my extended family flee Kharkiv. So don’t hesitate to reach out if needed & I’ll mobilise my network to do whatever I can.
Here’s a small thread I created last night w/ some key info I’d gleaned from smart journalists, diplomats, combat vets & others that might help if you or those you love are in a tough situation in Kharkiv or other cities in Ukraine now:
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Feb 28
In process of trying to evacuate family members from Kharkiv today (fingers still crossed on that!) I’ve heard from journalists & combat veterans who’ve shared advice on fleeing a war zone, specifically Ukraine.

In case this helps anyone else:
🔹 Wear/ pack 3+ layers of warm clothes. Reports of ppl walking 2-3 days in freezing temps to cross borders
🔹 Don’t move outside at night. Ukraine has night curfew in place (times might vary from city to city) & ppl moving outside at night can be shot on sight even if journos
🔹Don’t spook soldiers. Do everything possible to make it obvious you’re a civilian. This can include:
✅ Wearing brightest-coloured clothing possible
✅ Walking w/ hands clearly out or raised when passing soldiers
✅ Walking at normal pace/ not running when passing soldiers
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Feb 28
Excellent thread. This cuts to the crux of explaining—better than just about anything I’ve read—the complicated headspace & tensions/contradictions that haunt my generation & friend group re: Russia & American foreign policy.

Worth reading fully.
Just one point of criticism: The thread sounds overly sweeping. Should read “some” or “many” American progressives imo. Certainly not all, bc ofc American progs. aren’t a monolith. Many (esp those involved in international relations) have thought long & hard about these tensions.
The core point—namely that Iraq War guilt (which I continue to feel consistently; it’s actually a huge reason why I became a prof of Middle East politics) has led some of us to inadvertently excuse or ignore flavours of violent imperialism provided they’re anti-American—is key.
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Feb 28
I have extended family trying to get out of Kharkiv. Wife, husband & 2 children under age 10. Can anyone w/ solid information (I mean solid!) message or DM to help? Am trying to offer the best assistance I can.

Yes, we wanted them to get out sooner. We’re doing our best 😔🤞
Here’s where we need help most right now: (1) How to $$ to them in Kharkiv & (2) How to get them out of Kharkiv. The family holds a mix of Ukrainian, Jordanian & Iraqi passports. Massive thanks to anyone w/ solid info. @oxford_ukraine @Aga_Pik @FrancescaEbel @matthewcassel
Update: I’m hearing that they can take the train from Kharkiv to Dnipro. Then, once they’re in Dnipro, we can probably send them money & organise transport to the Romanian border. If anyone hears differently or has better info please let me know.
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