On February 16, before Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine ALEC recorded a Policy Hour podcast featuring Lisa B. Nelson, CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council and Ms. Karla Jones, Senior Director of the ALEC Federalism and International Relations Task Force as they discuss the then unfolding crisis in Ukraine with Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, Yaroslav Brisiuck, DCM of the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, Chris Holzen, Senior Advisor for Europe and Eurasia at the International Republican Institute, Alan Mendoza, Executive Director and Founder, Henry Jackson Society, Margus S\xe4rglepp, DCM, Estonian Embassy to the United States, and Damon Wilson, President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy.
\n\nBackground Materials
\nALEC article by Karla Jones, \u201cPutin\u2019s Ukraine Gambit Unites Western Democracies He Sought to Divide\u201d https://alec.org/article/putins-ukraine-gambit-unites-western-democracies-he-sought-to-divide/
\nCSPAN Video of February 23 UN Security Council Meeting including statement from Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to the UN
\nhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?c5003018/user-clip-security-council-emergency-meeting-ukraines-ambassadors-remarks
Congresswoman Victoria Spartz\u2019s Statement on Putin\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine
\nhttps://spartz.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-spartzs-statement-putins-invasion-ukraine
Condemnation of Russian Aggression from Estonian Leadership
\nhttps://news.err.ee/1608510773/estonia-condemns-russia-s-attack-on-ukraine-evil-is-real
International Republican Institute Statement on Russia\u2019s Military Attack against Ukraine
\nhttps://www.iri.org/news/iri-statement-on-russias-military-attack-on-ukraine/
National Endowment for Democracy\u2019s Statement on Russian Aggression against Ukraine
\nhttps://www.ned.org/ned-stands-in-solidarity-with-ukraine/