Barbara Disco

Happily married. Passionate about good food, politics, human rights, animal rights, foreign affairs & football.
Border collies rule!

[Barbara Disco @iwanttolearn]

I believe America is a country of possibilities.
https://t.co/PWJP2bpt1l

[Barbara Disco @iwanttolearn]

I'm American. I'm a white female. I embrace and honor diversity, globalization, education, facts, science, decency and equal rights for all.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

BREAKING!
Russian collaborators in Donbas have “sentenced” to death three foreigners serving as Ukrainian military service members: Brits Aiden Aslin (aka @cossackgundi), Shaun Pinner and Saadun Bragim of Morocco.
All taken prisoner in Mariupol.

[Liz Truss @trussliz]

I utterly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine.

They are prisoners of war. This is a sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy.

My thoughts are with the families. We continue to do everything we can to support them.

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

My report on the Kremlin-backed show trial that sentenced British and Moroccan citizens to death in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine today.
https://t.co/15AAiPflI4 via @politico @POLITICOEurope

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

British foreign secretary on the "convictions" of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner: https://t.co/kcljGfOocd

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

I met Aslin near Mariupol in January. We stayed in touch as long as was possible before he was captured by Russian forces. He had reupped his Ukraine military contract for a 4th year. As soldiers he & others must be protected by Geneva conventions on POWs. https://t.co/HkU0xATrPD

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

British citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan national Saadoun Brahim, all of whom fought on contract with Ukraine’s military, have been sentenced to death by the Kremlin’s puppet authorities in Donetsk in show trial that lasted mere days. They were not mercenaries.

[Daniel Fried @AmbDanFried]

My colleagues @ARVershbow, @steven_pifer, & I make the case that NATO should suspend the NATO-Russia Founding Act and renounce its assurance regarding the stationing of conventional forces on the territory of new members.

https://t.co/PrrhJy2UPI

[David M. Herszenhorn @herszenhorn]

Russia’s war in Ukraine is the world’s food crisis. Follow @EddyWax to keep on top of this crucial story.

23.5M tons of food stuck in Ukraine, PM says https://t.co/FoSVaUK4Wy

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Kyiv is just beyond awesome these days.
The city of life and the sun ☀️

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Anna Episheva: My niece was supposed to graduate this year from her high school. She and her friends bought dresses and were looking forward to this day. Then Russians came. Her school was directly hit and destroyed. Today she came back to what is left of her school and her plans

[Cliff Levy @cliffordlevy]

NEW: The US alerts 14 countries, most in Africa, that Russian ships filled with stolen Ukrainian grain could be headed their way, posing a dilemma to countries facing dire food shortages.
Russia has stolen up to 500,000 tons of wheat, worth $100 million.
https://t.co/HsUDWf828E

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#UPDATE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave support to reports that Russia has stolen grain from Ukraine for resale, even as Moscow blocks the country from exporting its own corn https://t.co/SpVScke3vF

[Mykhailo Fedorov @FedorovMykhailo]

Tech giant @IBM completely left Russian market. Employees are receiving a new status of unemployed. This is vivid illustration of Russian ‘self-destructive’ foreign policy and approach towards well-being of its citizens. Hundreds of people have not lost job; but actually future.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

If Putin were really afraid of an attack from NATO, would he be wasting so much of his military manpower and resources in Donbas?

[FSI Stanford @FSIStanford]

"In these dark time, we need heroes. And you are a hero, Mr. President. Not just for Ukraine, not just for Europe, but for the entire world." — @McFaul

Watch highlights from @ZelenskyyUa's recent address to @Stanford students. Video courtesy of #USAS. https://t.co/Ar3fzQOYhw

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Ukraine must be given candidate status to join the European Union. Ukrainians must then do the hard work to qualify. But to deny a pathway forward now would be both a practical and moral mistake.

[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty @RFERL]

Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has lost an appeal against a decision by penitentiary officials to label him as "a person inclined to commit crimes of a terrorist or extremist nature."

https://t.co/BdjEpo3bOx

[Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin]

Humbling words from a brave Russian patriot languishing in Putin’s gulag. Recently, the Senate unanimously called for his and Alexei Navalny’s release—and we will not stop.
https://t.co/xK4NW9Av2W

[Joyce Karam @Joyce_Karam]

At least 32 journalists have been killed in #Ukraine in 102 days since #Russia invaded, Kyiv announced.

Those include US, Ukrainian, French, & Russian journalists. Scores injured.

Reminder of sacrifice members of the press put on line to tell the story instead of propaganda...

[Richard Engel @RichardEngel]

Ukraine war now is a question of perspective. Long term situation doesn’t look good for Russia. Short term is not looking good for Ukraine in Donbas.