Those of us, who have been at Euromaidan, know that Ukrainians are fearless, fight for freedom, and never surrender.
Even if the US betrays them, they will fight on.
If you ever met a Ukrainian, you would know that.
Trump etc. have no clue, about these people.
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Ukrainians stood their ground and defend their capital against these russian stormtroopers for months... in the deepest winter.
Ukrainians, like the English, Scottish, Welsh and North Irish during the Blitz 1940, never surrender. They will continue the fight even if alone.
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I lived in Ukraine from 2009 to 2015... the Ukrainian people want to be European and free.
They already fought two revolutions in this century for freedom and Europe.
Now Ukrainians fight bloodiest war in 80 years to keep Europe safe from tyranny and destruction.
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putin doesn't understand this.
musk doesn't understand this.
vance doesn't understand this.
trump doesn't understand this.
Many in Europe, do not understand this, but those of us, who have lived in Ukraine understand.
Ukrainians fought, fight and will fight for their nation.
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The moment I fully grasped the Ukrainians determination to fight, was the day after the Yanukovych regime ordered to arrest drivers carrying old tires in their car.
Tires burn. Burning tires produce a thick and biting smoke, that drives the regime's stormtroopers back and
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covers Euromaidan from the regime's snipers... so transporting tires in your car became a crime and regime forces searched every car for tires.
And then I took the subway to work... and every Ukrainian on the incoming trains to the center carried an old tire. Maidan never
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ran out of tires.
Ukrainians will not surrender... no matter how much the White House harangues their president.
If you don't believe me, visit Zaporizhzhia and met the locals - they spoke russian all their life, but when the russians invaded, none of them fled.
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Zaporizhzhians went to fight... and their wives and girlfriends with them - as medics, ammo carriers, snipers.
As Katya put it: "My husband will shoot russians and I will reload."
Ukrainians have aspired to liberty for three centuries. They are not gonna give up, because
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a bunch of heavily makeuped, lily-livered DC douchebags want them to.
If you do not support them in their fight for their freedom, you're a yellow-bellied coward, who would easily surrender your own freedom for your comfort.
Ukrainians are not like that.
Ukrainians fight!
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