Today’s hijacking of an international civilian airliner by the illegitimate Belarusian Lukashenka regime is a brazen act of state terror. Every autocrat and dictator in the world, including Lukashenka’s principal sponsor and ally, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, is watching how Western democracies respond. Should the response be ineffectual, autocracies and dictatorships will be further emboldened to continue committing similar heinous acts. To see the UCC’s letter to Canada’s Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, please see:
