Return of Russian-abducted Ukrainian children must be linchpin in US peace talks --
McCain Institute Senior Program Manager of the Human Rights & Freedom Program Alexis Mrachek calls on the U.S. to prioritize the safe return of the approximately 20,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces in her op-ed. Read HERE or below. Imagine being a child watching in terror as your ...
Imagine being a child watching in terror as your country is invaded, seeing bombs obliterate your town and wondering if your father fighting on the frontlines is even still alive. Then imagine being kidnapped by that invading army, taken to a hostile country where you are not allowed to speak your own language and told every day that your parents have abandoned you(Open Link in new window) and your country soon will be wiped off the map.
For the approximately 20,000 Ukrainian children(Open Link in new window) kidnapped by Russian forces, this nightmare is their reality. As the United States continues talks with Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine, negotiators must prioritize the return of these innocent lives.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, a famous Ukrainian human rights lawyer and winner o
The Brief – Huawei is not the issue
At a time when Brussels should be applying maximum pressure on Moscow, the continent’s leaders have once again allowed themselves to be manipulated by Europe’s most corrupt politician.
America’s Ukraine pivot --
What will be tested is the proposition that a scaffolding of lies can support the structure for a just and enduring peace in Ukraine — and also deter aggression in other threatened areas in the world, including the Philippines
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Russia ended some 80 years of peace since World War II, the longest break from war on the European mainland in a millennium. But the immediate occasion for the hastily-convened Caucus was the vote on a Ukrainian resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to condemn Russia’s invasion and demand the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of its military forces from Ukrainian territory — with implications on when peace would return to Europe, for how long, and with what consequences for the rest of the world.
As expected, the non-binding resolution passed, though with a lower margin than in the 2022 voting. What shocked the Caucus was the US joining Russia, Iran, and North Korea, three of the new “Axis of Evil,” in voting against the resolution that its democratic NATO allies supported. Even China, the fourth Axis member, abstained, a
Make No Mistake: Destroying Hospitals Is Part of the Kremlin’s Strategy --
Opinion | The news from Kyiv on July 8 about another attack on Ukrainian cities, with missiles hitting medical infrastructure – including Ukraine's largest children's hospital – is shocking.
The news from Kyiv on July 8 about another attack on Ukrainian cities, with missiles hitting medical infrastructure – including Ukraine's largest children's hospital – is shocking. Alas, these events come as no surprise when we look at how attacking hospitals is not unintentional, but part of a strategy Russia has deployed before.
We saw this in Syria following Moscow’s 2015 intervention. If the trend in Ukraine continues, it is plausible that the Russian army will continue to use its toolbox that we have already seen in Syrian cities.
Russia sent military forces to support President Bashar al-Assad's regime at a time when Syrian rebels were mere miles away from the presidential palace in Damascus. Taking advantage of the civil war, Moscow expanded its existing positions and built new bases for its forces