Volodymyr Kukharenko   

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Sept 15, 2025

“Why not just acknowledge Russia as the victor of the war and get it over with?” – I am not sure if it’s just a Russian troll or a naïve Westerner who wrote this comment to my post, but let me explain…

Do you even understand what you are talking about?

In 1919 we surrendered, although we had lots of experienced soldiers after WW1. But were “tired of war”. Result? In 1933 some were eating own dead children because Russians took the food away. Up to 10 million people died. I remember great-grandmother was crying every time the potato crops was a bit smaller because she was afraid hunger would return. And US was buying that cheap grain, by the way, and Russia-supported journalists in US were denying the genocide.

In 1930ties, they killed most of our intellectual elite: writers, poets, scientists, to say later that we are “just a nation of peasants”. My great-grandfather and his 2 brothers were executed in 1938, and his 18-year-old daughter died a month after that; she could not overcome this loss.

If you think it’s a thing of the past. Look at Bucha 2022 photos to see what happens even to those who do not fight. They killed even children. Mass graves and torture chambers in every liberated city. This is what awaits any Ukrainian who refuses to become Russian. I do not want to follow the steps of my great-grandfather…

And if you think Russia will stop after that, you messed up the history lesson. The survivors and broken Ukrainians will come to you as part of Russian army (they were in Germany just 35 years ago, if you forgot). Like it happens with Ukrainians from Donbas, Crimea and other occupied territories, they are being drafted to Russian army and used as cannon fodder. There is no option of peace for Ukrainians if Russia is not stopped: either we fight against Russia or fight as part of Russia somewhere else (like we were doing for over 200 years before).

And Russia sees that West is politically soft and weak. Yes, its GDP is 25 times bigger and it has all high-tech expensive weaponry, but it is not ready to fight, to pay with blood. The recent attack on Poland with drones clearly shows that the only fighting force is the Ukrainian army.

So if we Ukrainians refuse to go to the slaughter like sheep. Not fighting will kill more. Much more. And after that, it will be your turn.

So be happy you are paying with money (about 15 EUR per person monthy), not blood yet. And pray that it stays that way. Do anything to support Ukraine if you do not want it to change.

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I recently saw a comment: “Don’t bite the feeding hand” when someone criticized the current U.S. policy towards Ukraine. Frankly, it’s disgusting.

Someone sitting in safety, risking nothing, demands that the victim of aggression perform a ritual dance before he may consent to help. If we scream too loudly and choose the wrong words, we die. And people are dying because the free world failed to stop Russia in time. Let us go back in time…

🔹 In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal under the Budapest Memorandum. Bill Clinton praised it as a landmark achievement, and the U.S., UK, and Russia pledged security assurances. We trusted those promises.
🔹 2014: Russia seized Crimea and invaded Donbas. We thought this was the moment America would act decisively. Instead, we got weak sanctions and a “reset” with Moscow. The disappointment was deep.
🔹 Trump years: despite his claims, the war never stopped. About 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed during his presidency. Saying “this wouldn’t have happened if I were in office” is just empty rhetoric.
🔹 2022 and Biden: when the full-scale invasion began, Ukraine was given light weapons only. MLRS came after 6 months, tanks after a year, F-16s after 2 years, and permission to strike Russia with U.S. weapons only after 3 years. Meanwhile, Speaker Johnson blocked aid for 7 months—because Trump asked him to. Thousands of Ukrainians died during those delays.
🔹 NATO: we believed in a strong alliance, wanted to join it. But the weak response to Russian drones falling on Poland only encourages more aggression.

The truth is clear: the only army that has proven it can fight Russia is Ukraine’s. Not as well-equipped as NATO, but with soldiers hardened by real battles. Their experience is written in blood and tears. And that is NATO’s luck, because if Ukraine falls, those same fighters will come westward as part of Russia’s army.

So don’t dare to portray Ukrainians as beggars grateful for a “feeding hand.” Those “beggars” have been in situations that would break many of you real quick. We pay with blood, and pay the price you would not even consider. Sleepless nights, constant stress, broken families, lost friends, ruined businesses. The average westerner pays just 15 USD monthly, and that’s it (and Americans are now excluded). Ukrainians are defending the free world. The world that turns out to be rich and could end it fast if it were not so morally weak all this time. Being rich and weak invites trouble. And deep down, you know it.