A picture says more than a thousand words – and for the terrible events that have been happening since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in Russia’s small neighboring country, there are no words that can even come close to describing the pain and suffering inflicted on the people of the country there will.
Nevertheless, you have to look at the images in order to even begin to understand what is happening there – and that it has to stop. Right away. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been tirelessly pursuing this goal for 20 days after all previous attempts to de-escalate talks with Vladimir Putin had failed. Ukraine is defending itself steadfastly and courageously, but the war is becoming bloodier and bloodier – and the attacks, especially from the air, are becoming more frequent and deadly. To prevent even more devastating repercussions, Zelenskyy reiterated his urgent request for the closure of airspace over Ukraine in a speech before the US Congress on Wednesday – and to underscore this appeal, he showed US lawmakers a video demonstrating the move coldest heart bleeds:
