A fragment of a Tochka-U missile lies on the ground following an attack at the railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, April 8. PHOTO: ANDRIY ANDRIYENKO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

NATO must supply Ukraine with the arms it needs to defeat Russia. As Mariupol is destroyed, the stakes are higher than ever.

Robert McConnell, Director of External Relations for the Foundation’s Friends of Ukraine Network, periodically sends out legislative updates to apprise USUF followers as to the Ukraine-related legislation before Congress. Included here is an extensive update, but action must first be underscored.

OSCE Moscow Mechanism covering the initial period of the Russian Federation’s renewed aggression against Ukraine from February 24 through April 1, 2022

A significant question for responsible, moral people around the globe is “Why is Putin attacking Ukraine?” Many have written on that subject and tried to explain Putin’s motivations based upon a self-serving and erroneous view of history and cultures. But no analysis provides a justification.

Legally, genocide means both actions that destroy a group in whole or in part, combined with some intention to do so. Russia has done the deed and confessed to the intention.

There is a global price to pay when the “breadbasket of Europe” is bombed, mined and made a militarized zone by Putin and his Putinistas.

Dear colleagues, war crimes do not merely happen. They are committed. They are intentional.

Statement on the Mandate Extension of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine