Amy Bernstein

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[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

🇸🇪 Swedish lawmaker Caroline Nordengrip swapped her seat in parliament to defend Ukraine.

[Love🇺🇦Ukraine Charles Rume 🇱🇺 @CharlesRume]

🇺🇲Le sénateur Jim Himes du Connecticut :
"Je viens de rentrer d'Ukraine. Les gens que j'y ai rencontrés sont les plus courageux que j'aie jamais vus. Ils luttent chaque jour contre la tyrannie russe. Nous sommes à un tournant : le Congrès peut débattre pendant des mois, ou bien nous pouvons soutenir ceux qui se battent pour la liberté, comme nous l'avons toujours fait. Je sais de quel côté je me situe. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦"

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

185 Ukrainian defenders are returning home today from Russian captivity!

The youngest is 27 years old, and the oldest is 62. Some of them have been held in Russian captivity since 2022.

Welcome home, heroes! 🇺🇦

[Marko Mihkelson 🇪🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @markomihkelson]

Estonia has not issued tourist visas to Russians since 2022.

[Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 @maria_drutska]

💔 A young mother, 29-year-old Veronika Chuian, was killed yesterday during Russia’s attack on Kyiv while running with her children to a shelter.

She was trying to save her two sons, aged 5 and almost 3.

A Russian missile exploded near the family. Veronika was killed instantly.

[Amy Bernstein @amydbernstein]

@Mylovanov @Rezerv8 Agree!!!

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

I told CNN that people outside Ukraine don't understand how intense Russian attacks are. Ukrainians die and these deaths could have been prevented with better Western supplies of Patriots.

This is painful. It's unjust. But we're resolved. We accept it. What choice do we have.
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[Amy Bernstein @amydbernstein]

@RepDonBacon Bravo!!!

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Congress can no longer wait on the Administration to act. That’s why we will vote this week on military aid to Ukraine & tough sanctions on Russia. America must have moral clarity in regard to Putin’s invasion and murdering civilians. 70% of Americans want a stronger response.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

On this day, one year ago, Ukraine buried a hero. Iryna Tsybukh was 25 years old. She was studying to get a Masters Degree, but took a leave of absence to serve as a paramedic in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Iryna participated in the heaviest battles on the front and her heart of courage inspired thousands.

Russians killed Iryna three days before her 26th birthday. Hundreds came to say goodbye, mourning the loss of a young soul. She will forever remain in our hearts as a symbol of courage, strength, and resilience.

Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the Hero!

[Mia @MiaForTrump]

🚨 Should Trump be required to restore the East Wing of the White House to its exact original condition?

YES or NO ✋

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Kick Russia out of the UN Security Council. Putin’s Russia is pariah state committing war crimes everyday.

[Kirk the rabid 🦅🇺🇦🇺🇸 @KirkTheRabid]

After four years of supporting #NAFO I want to reassure the Russian loving turncoats in my country that I will never be afraid of supporting Ukraine or showing my face to you.
For all you vatniks pushing that isolationist narrative, I promise to be a thorn in your ass.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

If we give the Ukrainians Patriots and sanction Russian energy the war is over. In other words, US policy at present is to keep the war going.
https://t.co/0KRZKRAVJA

[TeinaPosts.🇪🇺 @RafaMorgan64]

🚨Closing Ukraine's airspace is essential. 🚨

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

Occupation cannot become legal.
Russia broke it, Russia pays.
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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said there can be no legal recognition of occupied Ukrainian territory. She also said there must be accountability, and Russia should pay for the destruction it has caused.
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Any peace agreement, she said, must fully accept Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and right to choose its own alliances.
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That means no peace built on Russia’s map, Russia’s immunity, or Russia’s veto over Ukraine’s future.
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A real peace is not the silence after violence. It is the refusal to reward it.
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[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

russians abducted the mother of a Ukrainian serviceman, brutally tortured her for over a year, and then sentenced her to 13 years for… writing letters to her son.

This is not just a crime — it is demonstrative terror against Ukrainian mothers. Olga (Olga Viktorivna Cherniavska), born May 13, 1980, from Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Before the occupation, she managed a store. Her son serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That alone was enough for the occupiers to make her a target.

On May 25, 2023, she was abducted. For over a year, she was held in total isolation — without contact, without legal status, without a lawyer.

Testimony from another political prisoner, Yulia Koveshnikova: Olga’s body was covered in bruises and burn marks from torture.

Her family tried to reach every russian institution — to no avail. Only on August 15, 2024 did the occupiers “formally” bring charges under “espionage”.

The accusation is absurd: allegedly, from February to December 2022, she “sent data to her son via messenger about russian troop positions in Tokmak.” Even though her phone was taken immediately after her abduction.

On December 12, 2024, the occupation “Zaporizhzhia Regional Court” in Simferopol sentenced her to 13 years in a general-regime penal colony. On May 6, 2025, the appeals court (Judge Sergey Vyacheslavovich Babkov) upheld the sentence, but counted the term from the moment of her abduction.

Memorial has recognized Olga as a political prisoner and is demanding her immediate release. This is a classic russian “trial” — no real examination, based on torture and falsifications.

This is not an isolated case. russians are deliberately terrorizing the families of defenders: Svitlana Dovhopola from Enerhodar received 14 years for donating to her son in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Olga is 46 years old. She is an ordinary Ukrainian mother who simply loved her son.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

America is not abandoning Ukraine. Our diplomats remain here. We stand with Ukraine, — U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal

“We stand with Ukraine, as we have from the very beginning. We will not be intimidated by Russian threats or harassment. We are not afraid, and the people of Ukraine should not be intimidated either.”

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

Human rights defenders recognized 16 more people as political prisoners in Belarus yesterday. The machine of repression continues without pause.

At least 854 people are unjustly imprisoned, writes @viasna96. We must keep demanding their release and hold the regime accountable.

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

Is the time finally coming to liberate Crimea? At least former Ben Hodges believes so.
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To liberate occupied Crimea, Ukraine must isolate the peninsula and make it impossible for Russians to remain there, said former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe Ben Hodges:

💬 “It sounds a bit simplistic, but the first phase toward liberating Crimea is to isolate it — cut the road to Dzhankoi and destroy the bridge. The second step is to make Crimea unusable for the Russians.”

Hodges believes Ukraine is now capable of striking every square meter of Crimea with precision weapons. He says Ukraine must continue targeting airfields, the remnants of the Russian fleet, logistics hubs, and other military infrastructure until Russians realize they cannot stay there and that Crimea brings them no benefit.

He emphasized the importance of cutting all access routes into Crimea — both the road to Dzhankoi and the Kerch Bridge, which he says has “enormous psychological significance.”

💬 “The Kerch Bridge has already been damaged and is full of holes in places. It is vulnerable, but it also carries massive psychological importance. As long as that bridge stands, even after some future peace agreement, it will remain an obstacle to Ukraine’s access to the Sea of Azov. So sooner or later, that bridge will fall,” the officer said.

At the same time, Hodges admitted that forcing Russia to leave will take time and be difficult.

In his view, this will happen through coordinated strikes using long-range precision weapons against Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure.

💬 “I still believe Crimea is the key point of this war. Whoever controls Crimea wins the war. I cannot imagine this war ending or any long-term stable peace being achieved if Russia continues to control Crimea,” the former commander said.

He explained that as long as Russia controls Crimea, Ukraine will never fully regain access to the Sea of Azov or be able to rebuild cities such as Mariupol and Berdiansk.

💬 “And of course, Russia would still be able to interfere with shipping from Odesa or Mykolaiv, for example. So the issue of Crimea must be resolved,” Hodges concluded.