Saturday, March 01, 2025
Zelenskyy…Ukraine. A brave man, a worthy nation.
I’ve always wanted to visit—or perhaps even live in—Odessa, a vibrant, multicultural city in Ukraine. Over a century ago, my maternal grandparents emigrated to the United States from Odessa (then a Russian city). They had escaped the violent persecution that Russia’s Jewish population was facing.
Notably, Russia’s brutality toward Jews predated Germany’s even worst atrocities.
Modern Odessa became a thriving and cosmopolitan center of European-style culture that I felt eager to experience (in the footsteps of my ancestors). Today, however, the city endures immense destruction from three years of war, in which Russia is relentlessly attempting to reclaim independent Ukraine and make it Russian territory again.
Much of the larger world fears Russia’s aggressiveness toward Ukraine and wants that warring stopped. Those concerns focus on Russia’s unyieldingly aggressive intent and behaviors in trying to overcome Ukraine.
A Russian win over Ukraine could predate more future aggressiveness, and then, toward other now-independent and vulnerable nations.
Dear Friends: I will write about the courageous, intelligent, deeply admirable Zelenskyy. Diana
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