Hundreds of nonviolent antiwar protesters gathered in the Ukrainian city of Kherson on Monday to oppose the Russian occupation of the city and object to involuntary military service. Russian forces used stun grenades and machine-gun fire to disperse the crowd. Meanwhile, President Biden is expected to travel to a NATO summit this week in Brussels, where Western allies are preparing to discuss the response if Russia turns to use nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Both sides of the war must come together and deescalate, says Kyiv-based Ukrainian peace activist Yurii Sheliazhenko. “What we need is not the escalation of conflict with more weapons, more sanctions, more hatred toward Russia and China, but of course, instead of that, we need comprehensive peace talks.”

 

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