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Ukrainian Scouts in USA: Appeal to Scouts Internationally
Dear Fellow Scouts:

There are approximately a million Americans of Ukrainian origin in the US. Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization – USA represents 2,000 Ukrainian American scouts, spread across the US. We are composed of a mix of immigrants and first, second or third generation Americans. Our sister organization is Plast Ukraine with more than 10,000 members. We are part of the Conference of Ukrainian Plast Scouting Organizations, composed of scouts from 26 countries. We were founded in 1912 in Ukraine, and similar to other scouting organizations around the world, we provide opportunities for growth and leadership development for our youth.

You are, no doubt, aware that Thursday, 24 February 2022 at approximately 05:00 AM (Ukrainian time), the Russian Federation once again invaded Ukraine. This invasion represents a threat to the sovereignty of Ukraine and to the common values held in Europe and in the democratic world. This is not Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine; in 2014 it occupied Crimea and attacked and occupied parts of two regions, Donetsk and Luhansk.

Putin has stated he wants no NATO troops on his frontier. Within weeks that frontier may be at the Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian borders. There are American soldiers there who could be in harm’s way.

Full text http://plast.org/official/appeal-to-scouts-internationally/