![]() This war is existential, and we are motivated to fight. To avoid growing weary of the war and falling for misleading narratives, the West needs to understand exactly how Ukraine can win, and then support us accordingly. ![]() He is, in other words, engaged in a campaign of genocide. He wants to eviscerate Ukrainian nationhood and wipe our people off the map, both by slaughtering us and by destroying the hallmarks of our identity. His ambitions don’t even stop at seizing control of the entire country. That’s because Russian President Vladimir Putin does not simply want to take more Ukrainian territory. And as I know well, the rest of the world lost interest in Ukraine after 2015, even as we continued to fight Russian forces for control over the eastern part of the country.īut Russia’s current invasion is graver than its past one, and the world cannot afford to turn away. It disengaged from Syria, Yemen, and other ongoing conflicts that once generated front-page news. The world stopped paying attention to the war in Libya after former leader Muammar al-Qaddafi was toppled from power, in 2011. ![]() It’s a process that has played out many times throughout history. It is only natural that people and governments lose interest in conflicts as they drag on. Although they may pose as pacifists or realists, they are better understood as enablers of Russian imperialism and war crimes. ![]() As fatigue grows and attention wanders, more and more Kremlin-leaning commentators are proposing to sell out Ukraine for the sake of peace and economic stability in their own countries. As Russia’s all-out war of aggression in Ukraine drags on for a fourth consecutive month, calls for dangerous deals are getting louder.
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