Did you miss yday's launch of our report "#Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace"? It was a great convo, with @rfalk13, @medeabenjamin, @cynthialazaroff, @davidcnswanson, @KatrinaNation, @helenacobban, @raymcgovern, & more! It's at:
Here are the 8 policy recommendations laid out in our report on the #UkraineCrisis. #1 is the highest priority: Ukraine-wide Ceasefire now! > 
Some people have queried #2 of our recs: "An embargo on arms shipments into Ukraine by all countries." They say Western countries should send "defensive" arms to help #Ukraine. But >
> the definition of "defensive" arms has gotten extremely fuzzy. To us, a total arms embargo-- by ALL parties-- looks better. Plus, at #4 we say the c/fire & the arms embargo shd both be monitored by the UN & the OSCE "or any other party acceptable to both Ukraine & Russia. >
> Those two named orgs tilt pretty pro-Western these days & could help ensure that Russia doesn't mass arms on its border with #Ukraine or break the c/fire. It seems to us that >
> the crucial task is to #EndTheFighting, and then move the many outstanding issues between #Ukraine & Russia, & between NATO/US & Russia, into a diplomatic track asap. As @lieven_anatol said in one of our webinars, >
>"the outline and many details of a workable long term settlement between the two countries are already quite clear and the nature of this settlement would be unlikely to change much even if the fighting should continue many more years." (paraphrased). But of course >
> If the fighting in #Ukraine does continue for many months or even years the main people who will suffer will be Ukrainians. Also, the peoples of the #GlobalSouth, hit v. hard by sequelae of the war. >
> Hence, the need to #StopTheCarnageNow. Pls read the whole report on #Ukraine that we released April 16. You can download it free or buy it from Amazon. Details are at: bit.ly/Ukr-report-info
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