David Mead

We did not surrender when we were given three days and the American embassy was packing its bags. We did not surrender our capital when elite Russian units were in its suburbs. We repelled the enemy from Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy. We defeated them in the Kharkiv region. We liberated Kherson. And we tied them up in battles in the Donbas, which the enemy could not capture for three years. We invented FPV. And with drones for $500, we took out more than half of its armored potential. We paralyzed the Russian fleet. We destroyed dozens of refineries. We forced the enemy to burn entire brigades for the sake of one village, to fight in crippled regiments, to transfer to donkeys, and to become artillery dependent on the Koreans and economically dependent on the Chinese. For the first time in history, we entered the territory of a nuclear state in order to force the aggressor to make peace. And at the same time, no matter how difficult it was, we did not fall apart, we retained control. We won subjectivity. At a high price. Perhaps we are the last adults in this turbulent world. And no matter how hard we try to rock our ship, to undermine our inner stability, we will write our own future. And even if we are given a few days again, this does not mean that all the predictions will come true. Orest Drymalovskyi 🫡🇺🇦