Exhausted, exhaustion #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha

On the lips of every defender,
every civilian in Ukraine...
Forgotten by the world,
the witnesses tired,
Exhausted, exhaustion,
after another war crime
a crime against humanity
another cruel double-tap...
Targeting victims,
brave first-responders,
Russia's way of war,
of terror, of genocide...
A daily occurrence,
No end in sight...
 
In the heart of every person,
the people of Ukraine...
Twelve years of war,
almost five years of full invasion...
Exhausted, exhaustion,
a whole nation in trauma
feeling deserted, abandoned,
betrayed by allies, pressured,
forgotten in the news cycle...
But choosing to go forward,
another day, another choice
not to listen to the demons...
Standing because they must,
With no end in sight...
 
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10 November 2026
Exhausted, exhaustion
 
4 November 4, 2026
sheltered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/sheltered.html
3 November 2026 post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://lnkd.in/p/ewH3QDte
Russian strike/double-tap on school/shelter in Komyshuvakha
My comment 3 November 2026:
“To those who read Oleksandra's words at the end of her post and hear her exhaustion, her pain, at the West's failure, please don't look away; please do not be silent. Indifference is the greatest evil. We must redouble our efforts. We must do more to speak life, to speak hope into this time of darkness. Evil cannot, must not win in Ukraine.”
October 22, 2026
Treason, Betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/treason-betrayal-v2.html
Edited October 22, 2026
Through the valley of betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/through-valley-of-betrayal-v2.html
Edited October 22, 2026
Empires will not defeat you – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/empires-will-not-defeat-you-v3.html
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
Edited May 21, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v3.html
March 5, 2025
we have become what we abhor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor.html 
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
 
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