Ukraine needs momentum,
recommitment of their allies,
a groundswell, a breaking of inertia,
something to overwhelm attrition,
the slow grinding of the earth,
to see a break in the enemy, sanctions,
a chink in their armor, more evident,
to see their hope fully justified,
to see a way to victory, to peace…
Equipoise, waiting, stuck by delay,
lies of the enemy, playing allies, evil,
seeking to distract from their terror,
the genocide they are committing,
to freeze the hands of these people,
fighting to defend, to survive,
bowing to demands of evil, tyrants,
no longer pawns, proxies, victims,
but conquering heroes in this fight…
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April 2, 2025
Equipoise
Edited December 23,
2024
Ukraine must win – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/ukraine-must-win-v5.html
February 28, 2025
Gathering a War Council
Photograph of President Zelenskyy with leaders of Nordic
and Baltic nations on February 24, 2025 in Kyiv
on the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion
February 27, 2025
touching bleeding flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-defender.html
(written by a medic on the front lines in Ukraine)
Edited February 26, 2025
touching bleeding flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-v2.html
"The present memory of that day" is both 2/24/2022 for Ukraine and Ukrainians
and 2/14/1991 for me personally. I am using my experience of detailed visceral
images of lifting the blood and brains of my father to give even a touch of
authenticity to this poem, merging my conversation with one defender and
the words of that other defender yesterday to write "touching bleeding flesh "
&
Edited February 26, 2025
The present memory of that day – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-present-memory-of-that-day-v2.html
February 25, 2025
Memory of February 24, 2022
as described by defender of Ukraine
&
edited February 15, 2025
Three years of terror, of genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-of-terror-genocide-v2.html
&
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”
&
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
&
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,”
Neither the word “win” nor the word “victory”
Is included in Austin’s opening remarks…
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recommitment of their allies,
a groundswell, a breaking of inertia,
something to overwhelm attrition,
the slow grinding of the earth,
to see a break in the enemy, sanctions,
a chink in their armor, more evident,
to see their hope fully justified,
to see a way to victory, to peace…
lies of the enemy, playing allies, evil,
seeking to distract from their terror,
the genocide they are committing,
to freeze the hands of these people,
fighting to defend, to survive,
bowing to demands of evil, tyrants,
no longer pawns, proxies, victims,
but conquering heroes in this fight…
April 2, 2025
Equipoise
Ukraine must win – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/ukraine-must-win-v5.html
February 28, 2025
Gathering a War Council
Photograph of President Zelenskyy with leaders of Nordic
and Baltic nations on February 24, 2025 in Kyiv
on the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion
February 27, 2025
touching bleeding flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-defender.html
(written by a medic on the front lines in Ukraine)
Edited February 26, 2025
touching bleeding flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-v2.html
"The present memory of that day" is both 2/24/2022 for Ukraine and Ukrainians
and 2/14/1991 for me personally. I am using my experience of detailed visceral
images of lifting the blood and brains of my father to give even a touch of
authenticity to this poem, merging my conversation with one defender and
the words of that other defender yesterday to write "touching bleeding flesh "
&
Edited February 26, 2025
The present memory of that day – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-present-memory-of-that-day-v2.html
February 25, 2025
Memory of February 24, 2022
as described by defender of Ukraine
&
edited February 15, 2025
Three years of terror, of genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-of-terror-genocide-v2.html
&
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
&
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
&
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,”
Neither the word “win” nor the word “victory”
Is included in Austin’s opening remarks…