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R&D from Prepd: Ukrainian Refugees

On March 25, 2022

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This week’s R&D from Prepd covers Ukrainian refugees. CBS News reported yesterday that 3.6 million Ukrainians have fled the country due to Russia’s invasion, while the BBC recently noted that another 6.5 million are believed to be displaced inside of the country. The Biden administration announced that the U.S. would be accepting 100,000 refugees and pledged additional monies for assistance. Neighboring countries like Poland have accepted the bulk of Ukraine’s refugees thus far.

The United States will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians, as Russia’s monthlong assault has forced more than three million to flee their country, and with millions more likely to seek safe haven outside Ukraine. https://t.co/L0ZnRhWUyk

— NYT National News (@NYTNational) March 24, 2022

Europe is currently experiencing the largest movement of refugees since World War II. The willingness to help is vast and armies of volunteers are helping out as governments begin mobilizing resources. But will it be enough? https://t.co/HEd7VWzc4X

— SPIEGEL English (@SPIEGEL_English) March 23, 2022

The figure, outlined Sunday by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, amounts to about a quarter of the prewar population, which the World Bank estimated at 44 million in 2020. https://t.co/TIkidDI4JB

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 21, 2022

R&D from Prepd: U.S. Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

By geniao44446

On February 25, 2022

In R&D, U.S. Extemp

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This week’s R&D covers America’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began two nights ago. President Joe Biden has initiated economic sanctions against Russian financial firms. While Western Europe has supported this, allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) like Poland and the Baltic states have demanded more action to solidify their security. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that actions taken to thwart the Russian advance in Ukraine will be “unprecedented.”

Russia’s assault on Ukraine is unlike anything Europe has seen since World War II. As the U.S. and allies respond, which American trait will prove uppermost: a desire to protect democracy or a reluctance to wade into foreign fights? https://t.co/Wh9pqC34fi

— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) February 24, 2022

What role will U.S. troops play?

The Biden administration has repeatedly said U.S. troops will not fight in Ukraine or rescue Americans trapped there.https://t.co/kdfRzAY1Gg

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 24, 2022

The U.S. intelligence community successfully unearthed Russia’s secret planning and accurately predicted President Vladimir Putin’s intentions to invade Ukraine, stripping the Russian leader of his capacity to go to war on a false pretext. https://t.co/9LNsJwd2Ym

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 24, 2022

R&D from Prepd: War Tensions Between Russia & Ukraine

By geniao44446

On February 18, 2022

In International Extemp, R&D

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This week’s R&D covers war tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany have made diplomatic overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin to avert war with Ukraine. Russia is demanding that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) not made Ukraine a member and draw back some of its forces in Eastern Europe, conditions that Western countries have said are unacceptable. Even though reports in the middle of the week suggested that Russia was drawing back some of its troops, other accounts have questioned those assertions, noting that Russia maintains a sizeable troop buildup in Crimea, on its proper border with Ukraine, and along the border that Ukraine shares with Belarus. Since Russia controls 10% of the world’s oil supply, any war that causes a disruption to those supplies, especially because the United States is threatening punitive sanctions on Russia if it invades, it could cause gas prices in the U.S. to rise.

Russia could carry out electronic warfare as part of an invasion. Here’s what to know about this invisible kind of military technology. https://t.co/g35caObmUa

— Popular Science (@PopSci) February 18, 2022

Russia expelled the deputy U.S. ambassador, the State Department said, in what U.S. officials called an “escalatory step” that could limit diplomatic solutions for the crisis on Ukraine’s borders. https://t.co/JjUWYL7ZOV

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 18, 2022

Ukrainian President Zelensky’s attempt at a patriotism-boosting Unity Day received lackluster attention among Ukrainians as the threat from Russia remains, writes @jacklosh from Kyiv. https://t.co/Wy1bNFMj9B

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) February 18, 2022

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R&D from Prepd: Ukrainian Refugees

R&D from Prepd: U.S. Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

R&D from Prepd: War Tensions Between Russia & Ukraine