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[Terry Virts @AstroTerry]

Trump has never, not even once, called out Vladimir Putin to stop killing Ukrainians. Or to hold fair elections IN RUSSIA.

The President of the United States is on the side of Putin, which means on the side of Evil, and he needs to be removed from office ASAP.

[eric sondheimer @latsondheimer]

I apologize for mixing sports with news about Ukraine. But I can't stand by without expressing my opinion about a country fighting for its survival. I once visited Ukraine years ago. Beautiful country, beautiful people. Americans believe in freedom. I can't stay quiet when someone in the government is supporting Russia. End of my diatribe. Sorry.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

"Trump has not helped end the war in Ukraine. He has prolonged it. In doing so, he has sided with autocratic Russia and against democratic Ukraine. That pivot has deeply undermined America���s reputation as the leader of the free world."

[Piotr Ostrach @PiotrOstrach]

Daj lajka i udostępnij post jeśli stajesz w solidarności z prezydentem Zełenskim i Ukraincami ✊

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Peace never comes through weakness. Today, representatives of the U.S. Congress were in Kyiv – a bipartisan delegation – and I am grateful to them for visiting Ukraine at such a difficult time. They asked: what is needed to end the war? The answer must be strong. There must be sanctions under the Lindsey Graham bill, there must be support for Ukraine in protecting lives, and there must be pressure on Russia for its war. And today, there was a conversation between the leaders of America and Russia. A conversation that leads to something different.

Recently, there was a European decision to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs. Since then, Russian strikes and the torment of people have only increased. This past week alone, there was a brutal Russian missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky, aerial bombs were dropped on Kramatorsk – on ordinary city buses – and there have been constant attacks on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure and on the life-sustaining infrastructure in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, and our other cities. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds wounded.

The Russians are compensating for their inability to achieve their objectives on the battlefield with this kind of terror. This year, Russia is weaker on the battlefield than at any other point in the war. That is why Putin is relying on terror. That is why he is relying on attempts to strike backroom deals to secure some form of pressure relief for Russia, in order to buy more time and more opportunities for war.

Any easing of sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement with Russia is an obvious weakness. It plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world.

Ukraine is ready to take symmetrical de-escalatory steps, and the American team knows our position. Our strikes on Russian oil refineries and other oil facilities are a response to Russia’s years-long campaign of terror against Ukraine’s energy sector. Ukraine will not set Russian oil refineries on fire if Russia does not destroy our energy infrastructure. This is the kind of agreement we are proposing to America, and we believe the United States has enough power to achieve such a compromise.

Gifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world. Russia will “repay” the diesel with further terror and perfidy. Allowing Russia to sell petroleum products is an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged. What is needed is real de-escalation with Russia on a reciprocal basis.

We count on America’s fair support for our defense of life, for our defense of people in Ukraine – and on the United States having a correspondingly strong conversation with Russia. A strong one, not a weak one.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you for your principled stance!

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: https://t.co/XcV1LYuKiU

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.

[UNITED24 @U24_gov_ua]

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

Ukrainians truly need this right now — even if as a sign of solidarity. And constant, stubborn solidarity goes a long way.

[Team of Zina Portnova @Zn_Portnova]

Звернення до українського народу

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

The greatest wartime leader in 80 years in the world

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

There are two reasons that I believe President Zelenskyy deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

First and foremost, he has earned it.

Secondly, it would literally destroy Trump.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Asking Ukrainians to give up land that they now control -- land where Ukrainians live! -- to try to appease Putin will go down in history as one of the most tragic moments in American diplomacy. Don't do it, Mr. President.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

1/2. The phrase "land swap" is being used to mean "Ukraine concedes land illegally occupied by Russia and also concedes territory that is not even occupied." That is not a swap.

[Тимур Ткаченко @tymur_tkachenko]

Завтра — важливий день для України.

Завтра всі ми, незалежно від політичних уподобань, маємо бути єдиними в підтримці Президента.

Адже там, в Овальному кабінеті, він представлятиме та відстоюватиме Україну й кожного з нас.

Він має відчувати, що — не один у цій боротьбі за національні інтереси України. І що за його спиною — безумовна підтримка більшості українців.

Наші партнери та вороги також мають бачити, що аргументи Президента — це не лише його особиста позиція. Це те, чого прагне весь український народ. Це ті речі, на які нас не вдасться «продавити».

У єдності — сила!

[Maks_Nike 🇺🇦 @MaksNike11]

Підтримую @ZelenskyyUa.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Ukraine and President Zelenskyy against Putin!

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Hundreds rallied in Anchorage ahead of the Trump-Putin summit, warning “Putin won’t stop at Ukraine” and urging the US to put human rights and POW returns before any territorial deals.

🔗 https://t.co/Iyc4KXrdDT