Ron Filipkowski - Powerful Message from Ukrainian Journalist
When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, many of us who were concerned about that country and its people were looking for reliable sources of accurate information on what was going on inside that country with the military situation, internal politics, welfare and moral of the people, and so much more.
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Through it all, the most consistently insightful, interesting and reliable source of news and commentary on a daily basis for me has been Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko. From time to time, I have shared things from him in my daily Bulletins on politics. But he just made a post on social media where he reflected on how far Ukraine’s people and culture have come through this epic struggle, and how it has made their country stronger and more united than ever.
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You know what the single most profound, far-reaching effect of Russia’s war against Ukraine is? Ukraine has finally learned to truly respect itself.
We are no longer some godforsaken "Russia's backyard", where corrupt mafia clans don’t dare to make a sound without the Kremlin’s permission, and where everyone lines up to lick Moscow’s boots. We are a nation that, in just a few years, built from scratch a capable army — the one that is now heroically fighting Russia, one of the largest military powers in modern history. To stand up to such an adversary in the biggest war of our time, Ukraine has been sustaining World War I-scale mobilization and made revolutionary breakthroughs in military innovation.
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