Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used his Christmas message to speak not only to Ukrainians, but to everyone living in free societies. He recalled an old Ukrainian belief — that on Christmas Eve the heavens open, and if you speak your deepest wish aloud, it may come true.
“This year,” he said, “many Ukrainians are not at home — and some no longer have a home. But Russia cannot bomb or occupy what matters most: our Ukrainian heart, our faith in one another, and our unity.”
Zelensky contrasted Christmas music with the sounds of drones and missiles — the “noise of evil” that authoritarian power brings when it tries to crush a democratic nation by force.
On Christmas Eve, Russia again launched mass attacks — waves of Shahed drones and missiles. Zelensky framed the assault as the work of a regime with “nothing in common with Christianity — or anything human.”
“But we endure,” he said. “We support one another. We pray for those on the front lines to return alive, for those in captivity to come home, for our fallen heroes, and for everyone forced into exile or occupation. We ask for peace for Ukraine. We fight for it. We pray for it. And we deserve it.”
Zelensky’s message was ultimately about more than Ukraine. It was about the moral core of democracy — community, dignity, solidarity — and about resisting a worldview in which power has the right to erase nations.
His Christmas wish was not only for peace — but for the survival of a free people choosing their own future.
It is awful, but we must recognize and witness their pain. I cannot imagine living in those conditions. Merry Christmas! (ツ) from Jenn Jilks , ON!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sad when I consider what the people in Ukraine have suffered. And Gaza!
DeleteThis is why every day since the invasion, I've put an image of support for Ukraine on my blog. They need to know we care and will not desert them
ReplyDeleteLet his words be known.
ReplyDelete...this is heart breaking!
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