17-year-old Ukrainian student Arsenii collected nearly 400 letters at his Pennsylvania school to support Ukrainian soldiers during the harsh winter. Learn more about this inspiring story in a thread 🧵
To protect his family, Arsenii’s father, an active-duty soldier in Ukraine, sent his wife and kids to the U.S. Living in a small town in Pennsylvania, Arsenii suggested his classmates write letters to Ukrainian servicemen. In just 3 days, almost all students responded.

Razom for Ukraine is proud to endorse the Stand With Ukraine Act. If passed by Congress, this significant bipartisan legislation would create a meaningful 10-year security partnership & deliver for the majority of Americans who want to help Ukraine win.

Read on to learn more 🧵 The Stand With Ukraine Act would codify the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Security Agreement—a historic 10-year roadmap for security cooperation signed by @POTUS & @ZelenskyyUa in June—into law, giving Congress a key role to ensure Ukraine wins and strong oversight of aid continues.

NEW 🚀 Today, @rustem_umerov meets with @SecDef to ask the U.S. to finally permit Ukraine to defend itself by striking Russian military sites.

@razomforukraine is launching so that Americans can urge @POTUS to #LetUkraineStrikeBack and defend itself.LetUkraineStrikeBack.com Ukrainians are grateful to the U.S. for providing weapons in recent months, especially long-range missiles known as ATACMS. But the Biden Administration has arbitrarily restricted Ukraine from using these tools to batter Putin's war machine inside Russian territory.

Today, the Ukrainian parliament took a decisive step to restrict domestic threats against peace, democracy, and tolerance. Under a new law, religious groups that—through due process—are proven to collaborate with Russian authorities must cease operations in the country. Ukraine is among the most pluralist societies in Europe. In addition to a strong church-going Orthodox Christian population, thousands of Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, and Jewish congregations operate openly in Ukraine. The same cannot be said of Russia.

We'd be delighted to hear what @RichardHaass thinks is "core Ukraine."

Perhaps he means the borders of Ukraine in 1919?

Here's a few other bogus talking points that don't hold up to scrutiny 🧵

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1813966311594090526

Haas says Ukraine will never liberate its territory from Russian occupation: "Not gonna happen!"

In reality, Ukraine has liberated over 50% of the territory captured by Russia. Just yesterday, Ukraine forced Russia's last patrol ship to abandon Crimea. kyivindependent.com/last-russian-p…

Razom for Ukraine is proud to join Americans around the country to commemorate #Juneteenth. This Juneteenth, we remember the friendship between Ira Aldridge, an African American free man and Ukraine’s poet laureate Taras Shevchenko, born a serf. 🧵 Aldridge was born in NYC and dreamed of becoming a Shakespearean actor. He moved to the UK, where his casting in Othello was met with racist derision. But he was not the type to quit. He embarked on a tour of Europe and his performances started drawing crowds and awards.

The REPO Act would use frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine. It's only right to #MakePutinPay. But some members of Congress, such as Sen. @JDVance1, are instead trying to convince their colleagues protect Putin's billions.

Here are the facts on REPO 🧵 Claim: This would set a dangerous precedent.

Reality: This would set a precedent that countries grievously violating international law, waging genocidal wars, and trying to conquer their neighbors, will face meaningful consequences. This deters future aggression.

Ukrainian Congress Committee of America @UkrCongComAm, Joint Baltic American National Committee @JBANCchatter, & Razom @razomforukraine issued the following statement in response to the proposal by the Biden Admin to introduce legislation designating Russia an "Aggressor State": The Biden Administration’s newly proposed “Aggressor State” designation for Russia is a damaging concept that undermines current congressional efforts to support Ukraine.

🚨 Razom Emergency Response Update 🚨
In only 2.5 mnths, 9000+ of you made a donation to Razom to make it possible for us to help get 🇺🇦 closer to victory. These days it's meant delivering humanitarian aid that can save lives during a cold winter & constant electricity outages We have already supplied the majority of first responder units on the frontlines, at least once
Btwn now & October, we have delivered
400 wood burning portable stoves,
7,500 freeze dried meals
2,500+ pieces of warm tactical clothing to our Ukrainian defenders & first responders

⚡️ We often hear a lot of quick-fire misconceptions when skeptics are justifying why we haven't yet designated Russia a #StateSponsorOfTerrorism.

🧵 Read our thread on some common SST-related myths and how best to respond to them with facts:

#RussiaIsATerroristState 1/10 🇷🇺 routinely uses violence against civilian populations to achieve political goals. While 🇷🇺 actions certainly exceed what we might imagine to be "sponsoring," #SST designation triggers important legal ramifications specifically for states engaging *directly* in terrorism. 2/10