How NOT to Help Ukraine

Omar Kamel
7 min readMar 5, 2022

In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a global outpouring of support for the Ukrainian people, almost all of it well-meaning, by people who acknowledge it as a tragedy and are concerned that its repercussions are far from over.

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This is all laudable. However, if the end goal is to help average Ukrainians stuck in the crisis, and to stop the war, then it’s vital that we do not play along to…

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Omar Kamel

I make things out of words, sounds, and pictures. I’ve written for Counterpunch, the Brics Post, and various others and can be found on Twitter as @omarkamel