Ukraine must Win – v5

We are at another inflection point,
Another turn of the dial, the ratchet,
the level of horror has risen, closer,
too many major cities targets,
of terror, of Russia’s genocide,
the one essential truth that matters,
is that Ukraine must win…
 
Language is important in this fight,
words and prayers, self-defeating,
partners must not be so stilted,
in this moment, this struggle,
the goal must be victory,
in the war that is raging,
Ukraine must win…
 
The West seems more than happy,
to let Russia become degraded,
to destroy military assets,
to kill more of their people,
to arm Ukraine not to fail,
to bleed in their struggle
but Ukraine must win…
 
What would this war look like,
what arms would the West offer,
if their goal was Ukraine’s victory,
that Ukraine must win,
defeat Russia now, today,
in the way we would fight,
to end the awful slaughter…
 
Ukraine must win, more than just maintaining,
in the battles they are now facing, the fronts,
ten years is more than enough, too much,
exhausted, broken, but resolute,
under the boot of imperial terror
more than a proxy, our ally,
Ukraine must win, today…
 
The United States, the West, NATO,
must support Ukraine in their mission,
not fearing escalation, but remembering,
Bucha, Mariupol, Irpin, Kharkiv, so many places
so close to the border, to chaos, the missiles,
wherever Russia is unleashing terror,
Yes, Ukraine must win… starting today…
 
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Edited December 23, 2024
Ukraine must win – v5
 
Edited September 4, 2024
Ukraine must win – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/ukraine-must-win-v4.html
April 2, 2024
My response: "Ukraine winning this war, defeating
the imperial terror is Russia" is a key precondition to
lasting sustainable peace in Europe”
April 2, 2024 Twitter post by
Olena Halushka
https://twitter.com/OlenaHalushka/status/1775211466347643036
“Russia losing this war is a key precondition to
lasting sustainable peace in Europe”
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Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
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March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Germany
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
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Neither the word “win” nor the word “victory”
Is included in Austin’s opening remarks…
 
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