You are not fighting only to protect your homes and your territory. You are fighting for what we all believe in. Freedom. Democracy. The rule of law. In Ukraine, these values are not buzzwords, they are being fought for. You know that without them, there is nothing else.
The Russia’s attack on Ukraine is the most violent example of what has become a much broader assault on democracy in many parts of the world. Authoritarian governments have been cracking down on dissent, limiting the free expression of ideas and the rights of their people to pursue free lives.