Voice of Ukraine

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1098th day)

And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)

We live in a broken world and even for Christians, such values as “justice” and “mercy” seem to fall away in the face of a more important question, What’s in it for me? J D Vance preaches to the applauding audience that there is a very elaborate hierarchy for love that justifies short-sighted selfishness. So justice for ruzzian invaders and mercy for Ukrainians who suffered from the aggression is irrelevant when the main question that has to be answered is, “What’s in it for me and my country?” What’s in it for me to side with the country that appears weaker, to side with Ukraine? What’s in it for me to side with a country that acts like a terrorist but appears stronger? Putin promises great business opportunities!

One FB follower asked me, “Why should we risk WWIII for Ukraine? Do you expect my grandson to fight for your country?” Ukrainians do not expect any foreign troops to fight for our country. If the USA gave us long-range missiles or even just threatened putin that we would be given those missiles, the war would be ending with negotiations of a very different tone than what Trump has set so far. As for fears of the WWIII, appeasement of aggressor is exactly a leap that the world is taking to WWIII. Back to the question, WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? HOW HELPING UKRAINE IS USEFUL TO YOU. If you don’t want your son or grandson to be fighting ruzzians and Chinese on the ground, maybe even on your own ground, help us make ruzzia weak and show ruzzia, China and Iran that attacking other countries is still not ok.

Read Timothy Snyder’s article that explains scary parallels between 1938 and 2025. https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/appeasement-at-munich?r=gdr0p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Here is a part of that article:

“One does not need irony, or even history, to see the essentially logical problem of appeasing Putin now.

Russia is the aggressor. Russia says openly that its war aims extend far beyond what it has achieved now. Russia has an interest in a pause in the war because it is doing poorly and because its leaders believe, reasonably, that a ceasefire will end US support of Ukraine, distract the Europeans, and make it harder for Ukraine to mobilize its population and resources a second time for a later Russian strike. Russia also naturally has an interest in American leaders putatively granting it Ukrainian territory, including territory which it does not even occupy. This sets a precedent that international law does not matter and/or that Ukraine is not a legitimate state protected by such law.

Appeasing Russia, if it leads to Russian victory now or later, could very well create the conditions for a world war. A Russia that destroys Ukraine, in effect with American assistance, would be a very different country. Ukrainian resources, like Czechoslovakia resources in 1938, would make of the aggressor a much stronger power. This is an uncomfortable point, but one that must be considered. Ukraine has the best army in Europe, and the most battle-hardened one. It is the only country in the West to have fought a major war in this decade. It is innovating faster than others can copy. All of this, and the agriculture, and the minerals, and the ports, can be lost to Russia. And then, after a time of course, Europe faces a far more powerful country, one made for war, one whose leaders believe that war works.

A Russian victory, especially one enabled by American diplomacy, opens the world not just to further Russian aggression in Europe, but to wars of aggression everywhere. It also almost certainly means nuclear proliferation, since future aggressors and those who fear them will both learn the lesson that nuclear weapons are necessary.

The Russo-Ukrainian War is horrible, and should be brought to an end. But appeasement is an apparent shortcut that leads to longer and bloodier conflict.”

2025 is repeating events of 1938 very closely – only the names of countries are different. You all know what happened in 1939 and on, and on till 1945.