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Ukraine Explainers

@uaexplainers

Jul 8 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X

To-do list for everyone shocked and horrified by the images of bombed children hopsital in Kyiv:

- Ask your representatives to provide more air defense systems to Ukraine. They could’ve saved those children today.
- Donate to the bombed Kyiv hospital:
1/ohmatdytfund.org/en/donate

- If you’re a US citizen, pressure your representatives to allow Ukraine to strike into Russia with US-made weapons so that Ukraine can neutralize Russia’s capacity for these kinda of attack.

Ukraine knows how to do it — the problem is with the red lines forced by the US.
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- More lethal help to Ukraine is the only thing that can PREVENT attacks like today’s.

Unfortunately, Russia is not interested in peace, so it must be pressured into peace by adequately arming Ukraine for victory. There are no easy alternative solutions here.
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- Vote for representatives who understand the threat coming from Russia and are ready to lead your country in these tough times. No far-right or left populists, no Russia appeasers are fit for the job.
- Keep being an ally of Ukraine. We need you now more than ever. Thanks.
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