Olena Korotych 🇺🇦

Scientist. Tennessean by choice, Ukrainian by birth.

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@reptimburchett Patriot missiles don't kill. They save lives. Thank you @POTUS and @LockheedMartin for working with Ukraine to build more of them. Camden, Arkansas is the Arsenal of Democracy. Let's act like it. 🇺🇦🇺🇸

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@senatorhagerty 29 missiles hit Kyiv Monday. Zero intercepted. 21 killed. Today @POTUS took a historic step. Now Congress needs to act. Praise the decision, push for faster production, restore interceptor deliveries.

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@marshablackburn @POTUS made the right call on Patriot licenses for Ukraine — stand with him. Push @LockheedMartin to go faster. Get Ukraine to the front of the delivery queue. PAC-3s don't kill. They save.

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@reptimburchett 29 missiles hit Kyiv Monday. Zero intercepted. 21 killed. Today @POTUS took a historic step. Now Congress needs to act. Praise the decision, push for faster production, restore interceptor deliveries.

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@senatorhagerty @POTUS made the right call on Patriot licenses for Ukraine — stand with him. Push @LockheedMartin to go faster. Get Ukraine to the front of the delivery queue. PAC-3s don't kill. They save.

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@marshablackburn Patriot missiles don't kill. They save lives. Thank you @POTUS and @LockheedMartin for working with Ukraine to build more of them. Camden, Arkansas is the Arsenal of Democracy. Let's act like it. 🇺🇦🇺🇸

[Olena Korotych 🇺🇦 @OLEN4_K]

@JaneGeorgeTN Thank you for attending the event! It was pleasure to have you. (:

[The Dens 🇺🇲🇺🇦 @FoxBrambleFarm]

@FellaEllalina Yep. "America First" is not new, and it ended with a LOT of dead Americans the last time. Our grandparents learned from history, but it took only two generations for Americans to forget their mistake and sacrifice.

[Razom for Ukraine 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 @razomforukraine]

If @SpeakerJohnson's plan is a good-faith effort to get Ukraine meaningful support, it will earn @razomforukraine's endorsement. If not, the House is ready to advance a discharge petition and Razom stands ready to hand each Member a pen to sign it with.

[Ukraine Rally DC 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ukrainerallydc]

🚨CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE 1x DAILY!

Congress central switchboard:
202-224-3121
Tell them which office -> they'll connect you

For them to count your call, start by saying:
"My name is ___. I'm a constituent, at ZIP code ___."

➡️ If they haven't signed yet, say:
Sign the discharge petition (H.Res. 1016) to bring Ukraine aid (bill H.R. 815) to a vote!

➡️ If they've already signed, say:
Thank you! Please urge others to sign.

To find your Rep & check their status on Ukraine:
https://t.co/S3hHqJ3RvH

== Background ==
The Senate-passed Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan/Gaza aid package (HR 815) was put up for a discharge petition.
If it reaches 218 signatures, it can be brought to a vote even against the Speaker's opposition.

== As of Wed. 12 April ==
Total signatures: 195 (out of 218 needed)
Needed signatures remaining: 25

Democrat signatures: 194 (with 19 remaining).
Republican signatures: 1.

We assess: Republican Reps are waiting to see how many Democrats sign before they make a decision.

Current top priority: CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!

This graphic is based on the data at https://t.co/nOiWrCH0FP. Both that list and this graphic are by @community4Ukr.
#call4ukraine #HRes1016

Reposts welcome - no credit required.

[Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴🇩🇪🇺🇲🇳🇱🇪🇺@🇺🇦 @DucuGavril]

@markomihkelson

[Immanuel Niven @ImmanuelNiven]

RUSSIA IS DEFEATABLE. NOW MORE THAN EVER. #Putin himself knows that as well, which is exactly why he resorts to propaganda and empty nuclear threats (out of the old KGB concept toolbox) when he lacks real military strength. As history teaches us: ❗️RUSSIA IS A HISTORICAL LOSER STATE, each time the Russian army is not helped but confronted with uncompromising strength. A little look into the past from 1914 to 1989 shows us the necessary lesson for our present in 2024:

1) In the Second World War, it was the massive arms support from the Americans that enabled the Soviet Union to go on the offensive. As part of the law of February 18, 1941 called "Lend-Lease Act No. 1776", the US Congress decided to provide military support to the Russians on a lend-lease basis (by the way, the last repayment was not made until 2006). Among other weapons and goods, the Americans delivered to the Russians (from 1941 to 1945):
7,172 tanks, 11,450 aircraft and 5,762 anti-aircraft weapon systems to fight the Nazis.

2) In World War I, no one helped the Russian military industry... and Russia lost the war.

3) In the Russo-Finnish War of 1939-1940, no one helped the Russians, and the Finns inflicted devastating losses to the "undefeatable" Red Army that failed to conquer Finland.

4) In the war of the USSR against the Mujahideen (from 1979 to 1989) no one helped Russia, and the "undefeatable" NUCLEAR POWER USSR lost the war.

5) During the Cold War, the USSR and the Warsaw Pact were considered "undefeatable" by many commentators, and the Russian side repeatedly made massive NUCLEAR threats (e.g. the Cuban Missile Crisis).
And? What was the outcome?
Exactly.
The "undefeatable" Russians and their "Warsaw Pact" literally imploded because the USA (especially President Reagan) overarmed them to the point where the Russian arms industry had to take up so much budget money that the entire "dictatorial system of force" finally became unfinanceable, and it collapsed.
As a result, Eastern Europe today lives in peace, freedom and democracy.
#Ukraine doesn't want anything else.

❗️The parallels to the present are unmistakable: once again Russia needs help, this time from pariah states like Iran and North Korea, once again the specter of some nuclear threat is brought up, once again various commentators and politicians are falling for it (or deliberately joining in the scaremongering), and again the level of Russian military spending is approaching a dangerously high proportion of the total budget of a "dictatorial system of force".
The difference between the Cold War era and today:
Russia has never been as EXTREMELY inferior to NATO as it is today.
The Russian Air Force does not even have full air sovereignty over Ukraine, planes are repeatedly shot down, and all this despite the fact that the Russian Air Force is many times larger than the Ukrainian one.
NATO's air force, in turn, is MUCH larger than Russia's, so Putin knows how quickly NATO could (in case of a nuclear conflict) not just destroy missile launching pads, but also descend on Moscow and St. Petersburg and any other important city with tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.
Since Putin knows this, it is inevitably clear to him that he can only use the "nuclear threat" as a scare tactic, but NEVER as a real military option.

So.
Let's learn from history.
Let's not fall for propaganda and scare tactics. Let us pursue a policy of strength in the face of aggression so that freedom and democracy prevail again. Let's provide Ukraine with all the weapons it needs to EFFECTIVELY destroy the supply routes of this criminal war of pure aggression.
Because there is no war without supply routes.
THAT is exactly what leads to peace.

#ArmUkraineToWin

[Fufufnyk 🦈 @fufufnyk0]

You're still wrong

russia doesn't care about any conditions.
Full defeat of russia. As much as that makes buttholes tighten

Ukraine can NEVER "negotiate" with russia

russians will keep moving the lines back, as the West continues being reflexively controlled by russians

[Daniel Asher 🗽✊🇺🇦🇨🇦 @abstractedaway]

My current list of best practices for phone advocacy:

👉 Make one call a day to each representative's office. More calls than that get penalized for flooding. Repeat daily callers make much more impact!

👉 Thank them for helpful votes, and chide them otherwise. Show them you pay attention to their voting record, not just their promises!

👉 To the White House - ask for stronger sanctions, use of Drawdown Authority, for realistic re-valuation of old and decommissioned hardware under Excess Defense Articles, and ring trades with partners to supply Ukraine. Tell them you support NATO boots on the ground; they need to know you're at least as serious as Macron!

👉 To Senators - ask them to ensure military aid to the S.2003 REPO Act, so that seized russian assets can fund Ukraine's defense. Humanitarian / reconstruction aid matters, but military aid is most cost-effective, because it stops the cause!

👉 To House Reps: I prefer to remind Republicans that American Alone won't be First. Democrats, of duty to prevent russia's war crimes. All need to be mindful that we're attacked by russian hybrid warfare on our political system and infrastructure - even if they're not talking about it, you should talk to them about it.

👉 Ask officials to talk to other officials. They have more access to each other than most single constituents.

👉 If you represent an organization, consider asking for a contact to arrange an in-person meeting with your representative to discuss support further.

[Project Konstantin @KonstantinTeam]

🇺🇸 Americans, the shame you feel because @SpeakerJohnson and MAGA are blocking aid to Ukraine is something we can relate to.
🇵🇱 Poles, the shame you feel at what some of your countrymen are doing at the border is something we can relate to.
🇨🇭 To the Swiss frustrated at their government's inaction, we can relate
🇿🇦 South Africans, the shame you feel at your government's friendship with russia is one Pete can personally relate to
🇭🇺 Hungarians, the shame you feel because of Orbán is something we can relate to

If you support Ukraine and are ashamed by the actions or inaction of your countrymen and/or government, we can relate. It's one of the things that unites all of us who support Ukraine 🇺🇦
Let's remember what unites us and keep fighting for it: Ukraine

To the people and politicians like @SpeakerJohnson, @RepMTG, @GovernmentZA, @PresidencyZA, @PM_ViktorOrban, @Violapamherd: as combat medics, our wish to you is that neither you nor your citizens ever need our help, we sincerely hope neither you nor your citizens ever have to experience russkiy mir

https://t.co/NL88CJHYDO

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

US aid to Ukraine is equivalent to just 0.3% of GDP. Biden’s new $61B proposed package would raise that amount to just 0.5% – and two-thirds of it would be spent in the U.S. @Morning_Joe

[Ukraine Fact Check @UKRfactcheck]

Fact vs Fake tip #1: Check the source.

Before you take any story at face value, check where it's coming from.

Is it a reputable outlet with a history of accurate reporting? Or is it a site you've never heard of, that is pushing sensational stories? #FactvsFake

[Stepan Prokhorenko 🇺🇦 @stepantxt]

NYT removed all mentions of russia’s Dec 29 attack on Ukraine from the @nytimes homepage.

Even yesterday’s news piece is gone, leaving only the faux pas feature on russian ‘dissent’ — which continues to enjoy prominent placement.

The attack killed at least 35 civilians.

[Community for Ukraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @Community4UKR]

This year, when you take a group photo with your loved ones – ask them to take one extra!

Help us tell US decision-makers that you and your family are cheering for Ukraine this holiday season.

#Cheer4Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

[Ukraine Rally DC 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ukrainerallydc]

EMERGENCY RALLY
Join us this morning in DC (Monday, 8-10 AM) to tell members of Congress, the Heritage Foundation, and the President of Hungary:

Real Americans do not betray their allies, their promises, or their values! 🇺🇸🇺🇦

#WashingtonDC #standwithukraine