Dear friend,
I have news
to share with you
that is both uplifting
and humbling.
We have with us now
several new readers
whose presence here
is a deep honor.
Our new fellow readers
are soldiers.
Soldiers
on the front lines
in Ukraine.
They must have read
responses I’ve made
to Viktor Kravchuk
on his Substack
War, Love, and Survival in Ukraine.
Viktor is there
in the beloved country
of his birth
living the war
and all its horrors
up close and personal.
His profound loving letters
reach out to us all.
Today I reach out
to each one of you
my dear friends
any who are not already
among Viktor’s readers
asking you
to please subscribe to him.
If possible
as paid subscribers.
Our words of support
that we write
in our responses to him
build a deep connection
with him
and sustain his spirit.
We keep his belief
in the outside world alive.
His letters
and the replies of his readers
are read by thousands of people
around the world.
Let us join them
and do this together
as an act of love and faith.
The courageous people
of Ukraine
are our brothers and sisters
in arms.
All of us
freedom loving Americans,
Canadians, Africans, Australians
all of us everywhere
who stand for justice and mercy
are called to join hands
and hearts and hope
with our Ukrainian soulmates.
Let them know they are not alone!
Let them know we stand with them!
Let their courage inspire
and strengthen us
as we declare with them
we shall never ever surrender to tyrants
we shall never ever quit
Here is Viktor
writing from Ukraine
at 2:43 am May 29, 2025
We don’t know if we’re talking about missiles, horror, grief.
Don’t know if we fight.
Or scream.
Or just look.
Or throw up.
Or cry.
Don’t know if it’s from anger or pain.
We just don’t know.
.
But we need.
We do.
It’s urgent.
May all of us
with ears to hear
hear.
Slava Ukraini
Until Europe gets seriously involved, Ukraine is not going to win. If Russia wins, Europe will say, coulda, shoulda, woulda, shrug their collective shoulders and sigh with relief that they didn't have to fight Russia. This time. NATO, with or without the US needs to put boots on the ground in Ukraine and repel Russia. Putin will not use nuclear weapons because it would be the end of Russia. Putin's like Trump, all mouth, and when pushed back will retreat.
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