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Kathleen Bergeron's avatar

Unlike the novices installed by the previous administration, we now have people heading departments in the federal government with knowledge and experience in dealing with these issues. And they have the benefit of a lot more information from intelligence sources that we readers do. Not to say we shouldn’t be wary, but it seems like so many of us on the outside rant and regale our officials over what we consider too conservative an approach in dealing with issues than what we think is the better, faster, more effective approach. We’re like fans in a football game, second guessing a more knowledgeable and informed coach while we stuff our mouths with hot dogs and beer.

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I copied these numerous suggestions about HOW TO HELP UKRAINIANS from two commenters on a substack post:

The below list are international charities working in Ukraine who can take donations from credit cards:

Libereco Partnership for Human Rights, evacuation and medical assistance

https://www.lphr.org/.../humanitaere-soforthilfe-fuer.../

Caritas, humanitarian assistance

https://www.caritas.org/ukraine-appeal-22/

Malteser International, evacuation assistance. (Make sure you have selected "Ukraine")

https://www.malteserinternational.org/.../donation...

If you want to participate in crowd sourcing by the Ukrainian Army, go to

https://armysos.com.ua/en/help-the-army

To fund protective and other defensive gear for the Ukrainian army, go to

https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/

Please help them.

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Also:

Here are some additional resources from Valarie Kaur of The Revolutionary Love Project (https://www.revolutionarylove.net/):

HOW TO HELP IMMEDIATELY:

#1 Click here for a curated list of organizations you can choose from to support the people of Ukraine. These have been vetted by partner organizations we trust and our friends on the ground.

https://docs.google.com/.../1CdrWLAkEaOMV7fBb.../mobilebasic

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#2 Contact your elected officials to voice your support for peace in Ukraine.

https://www.uacrisisresponse.org/events

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To learn more, read these:

Russia's at war with Ukraine. Here's how we got here (NPR) - A detailed overview of what's happened between Russia and Ukraine since Ukraine gained independence.

https://www.npr.org/.../12/1080205477/history-ukraine-russia

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