Dear Editor:

Тhe Russian Federation (RF) is attempting to use a global pandemic to pull off an incredible scam: bartering masks and medical equipment for Ukrainian lives.

In 2014, the RF invaded and seized Crimea, and then mounted an overt and vicious military aggression in eastern Ukraine that is into its sixth consecutive year. Despite repeated attempts by Ukraine, and the international community, in particular Germany and France, to negotiate a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, including Minsk I, Minsk II and the 2020 Normandy Four summit in Paris, the RF’s military aggression continues.