Trump está servilmente a serviço de Putin, não só na Ucrânia, mas principalmente na Ucrânia - Viktor Kravchuk

A Ceasefire of Shame

A deal written in cowardice, signed in blood

VIKTOR KRAVCHUK MAR 18

They talked about Ukraine, but Ukraine wasn’t at the table. They spoke of peace, but the bombs kept falling.

They called it a ceasefire, but it’s nothing more than a gift to a war criminal.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had their little phone call, their moment of mutual admiration. Trump, a convicted felon. Putin, a wanted war criminal. And together, they came to an agreement: a ceasefire that Ukraine never asked for, that Ukraine was never even consulted on.

As they spoke, Ukraine was under massive missile attack. This is the "result" of their negotiations.

Trump calls it peace. But do you call it peace when entire families are buried under rubble? When stolen Ukrainian children are still trapped in Russia, renamed, brainwashed, erased? When the invader still occupies your home, your city, your country?

That is not peace. That is submission.

Trump says the war "should never have started", as if it was some tragic accident. As if Ukraine had a choice in whether its cities were bombed, its women raped, its people abducted. 

The war didn’t merely "start." Russia attacked. Putin attacked.

And now Trump wants to reward him with a deal. Not a deal for Ukraine. Not a deal for justice. A deal for Putin, so he can stabilize his economy, sell his gas, stockpile his weapons, and prepare for the next round of war.

Can you believe that?

A ceasefire doesn’t mean Russian troops leave. It doesn’t mean war criminals face trial. It doesn’t mean justice for Bucha, for Mariupol, for every city turned to rubble by Russian bombs.

It means Russia gets time. Time to regroup, time to rearm, time to prepare for another slaughter, another invasion, another genocide.

Because let’s take things clear: this is a war of extermination.

Russia doesn’t just want land. It wants Ukraine erased. Our culture, our people, our history. Russia wants Ukraine to stop existing.

And Trump, whether through cowardice or corruption, probably both, is handing Putin exactly what he wants.

Trump’s plan is simple: protect Russian oil and gas so Putin can keep funding his war. 

Not a word about returning abducted Ukrainian children. Not a word about stopping Russian missile strikes on civilians. Not a word about justice for those tortured in the occupied territories.

Because this was never about peace. It was about business.

About "huge economic deals." About Trump’s personal interests.

About the wealthy few who stand to profit from Russian gas, from war, from suffering.

The mask is off. There is no diplomacy, no neutrality here. This is Trump openly doing Putin’s bidding, propping up a dictator who has spent the last 25 years waging war, silencing dissent, assassinating opponents, killing anyone who stands in his way.

We don’t need a ceasefire. We need Russian troops out of Ukraine.

We need war criminals on trial in The Hague. We need the return of every stolen Ukrainian child.

A ceasefire without withdrawal is surrender. Would you call it peace if an intruder broke into your home, killed your family, stole your belongings, then sat down at your table and told you to move on?

A ceasefire without justice tells every dictator that war crimes work. 

That genocide is just a phase of war, not a crime.

A ceasefire without Ukraine at the table is an insult. As if Ukraine is some distant land, not a country of millions of people fighting for their lives.

No, we will not accept a "peace" that lets Russia keep its stolen land, its mass graves, its war crimes. 

No, we will not pretend that Trump and Putin are negotiating peace when they are simply negotiating how best to carve up a nation that refuses to die.

They are making their choices. To accept occupation, to let war crimes go unpunished. But we also need to make our choice. 

We have already chosen to fight.

If this were your land, what choice would you make?

The war that money can’t buy - Viktor Kravchuk

 

The war that money can’t buy Trump can hold the funds, but he will never manage to hold us down VIKTOR KRAVCHUK MAR 4 , 2025 WHAT IF MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING in life, but to those who have built their empires on greed, nothing exists beyond wealth? Ukraine has never been a country that moves for money. We have survived without it, with nothing but our will to endure. For centuries. But those who worship greed are not able to see this. They cannot understand the concept of a nation standing for something greater than profit. The greedy do not understand the concept of dignity. They believe everything has a price because their own souls were bought long ago. I am not here to talk about geopolitics. I am not here to talk about news. I am here to tell you about the Ukrainian soul and the Ukrainian spirit. About what it means to be Ukrainian in these days when our lives seem to be measured by business transactions. I'm here to talk about that father from a village wiped off the map by Russian missiles, who stood in the wreckage of his home, clutching the only thing he managed to save: a photograph of his children. The roof and the walls had collapsed, but he stayed. He did not run. He did not beg. Instead, he started rebuilding with his bare hands. No one paid him to do it. No one promised him a reward. He did it because this is his home. Because this is Ukraine. And yet, some in the West dare to speak of money. As if our survival is something to be bought and sold. As if our resistance has a price tag. Ukraine is not a country that moves for money. We move for dignity. For decades, we have survived poverty and hardship with our heads held high. We have built our lives in circumstances most would call impossible. We have raised children in the shadows of genocide and occupation. We have cared for our elders when their homes were turned to dust. Money has nothing to do with this. But the greediest of the world, the ones who see this planet only in terms of profit and loss, will never understand this. They ask, How much is Ukraine worth? We ask, What is the price of freedom? There is no man on Earth more consumed by greed than Donald Trump. It is his lifeblood, his purpose, his identity. He built an empire on it. He boasts about it. He takes pride in seeing the world as a transaction, where the only thing that matters is what can be bought. Now, he looks at Ukraine’s suffering and asks, Why should we pay? But here’s what Trump will never understand: Ukraine is not fighting because of money. Ukraine is fighting because we refuse to kneel. While Trump counts money, Ukrainians count the ones we’ve buried. If the West turns away, we will still fight. If the money stops flowing, we will still stand. Because this is not about aid. This is not about economics.  This is about survival. Donald Trump sees everything through money because that is all he knows. That is the world he has built for himself. He is a man whose empire is made of greed, whose legacy is the glorification of self-interest. So when he looks at Ukraine, he is blind to everything that truly matters. Trump and Putin are the same kind of men. They believe everything is for sale because they have never fought for anything greater than themselves. They will never understand why a mother risks her life to bring her child to school, even when the school is half-destroyed by bombs. They will never understand why a teacher continues to teach in the ruins, writing lessons on broken walls. They will never understand why a soldier, out of ammunition, still stands his ground, because surrender is worse than death. They will never understand that there are things in this world that cannot be bought. We will resist with or without the money of the world's wealthiest. Because our strength does not come from dollars. It comes from something no amount of money can buy. It comes from the unshakable will of a people who refuse to bow. Trump can cut his money. The greedy can turn their backs. But Ukraine will not fall. Because this war was never about dollars. It was never about negotiations. It was never about business deals. It was always about dignity. And dignity is something the greedy will never recognize. Our dignity is something that even the greediest person on Earth will never manage to destroy. 🔖 If you believe in supporting Ukraine’s fight for its future and my words resonate with you, please consider a paid subscription. Your support keeps this work independent, sustainable, and accessible to all, ensuring Ukraine’s voice is heard when it matters most. 📖 The Divine Comedian: Ukraine’s Journey Through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise is more than a book: it's my attempt to capture Ukraine’s unbreakable spirit in our darkest and brightest moments. If you want to see this war through the eyes of those who refuse to surrender, I invite you to read it.

Homenagem ao líder que resolveu ficar e enfrentar os invasores: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy - Viktor Kravchuk

 Homenagem ao líder que resolveu ficar e enfrentar os invasores: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy

 Viktor Kravchuk

The man who refused to run

History will remember who fought for freedom, and who fought against it

VIKTOR KRAVCHUK FEB 22

WHEN HISTORY LOOKS BACK ON this war, on this moment, on these three years of bloodshed and sacrifice, one name will shine above all others.

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy.

With just two days until we mark three years since the invasion, we need to talk about this man, because no one truly knows what could have happened if he hadn’t been there to lead.

This is a man who could have left. A man who was expected to leave.

The world was really expecting he would run. Western leaders whispered about setting up a Ukrainian government-in-exile abroad, like the invaded countries did so many times in history. They thought it was the “smart” move, the “practical” move. Many embassies in Kyiv packed up and left, destroying sensitive equipment before crossing the border, never expecting to return.

But Zelenskyy refused.

He looked at the Russian tanks rolling toward Kyiv. He heard the American offer to evacuate him. And he said the words that would define him forever: “I need ammunition, not a ride.”

That moment changed everything.

The citizens of this country, inspired by the president's defiance, fought harder than anyone imagined. Millions of civillians, many of them who never have operated a rifle before, joined the soldiers and went to the frontlines. The world saw this man standing tall in the middle of pure chaos, and because he stood, everyone else did too.

And Ukraine won the Battle of Kyiv. Almost three years ago now. It was our first big victory of the war. Not only the first victory, but also the first sign that this war would not going to be what Putin had planned. And Zelenskyy has never stopped fighting after that. Ever since, Zelenskyy regularly visits the frontlines to meet with warriors.

We are talking about a man of action, not words.

“If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that’s the idea behind it, then it’s a very primitive idea. I don’t need a fantastic idea, I need a real idea, because people’s lives are at stake.”

These are not the words of a man looking for an easy way out. These are the words of a leader who understands the cost of surrender. Because it's more than obvious at this point of time and history this war is not about land. It is about people. It is about justice. It is about the right of a nation to exist.

Our president understands this in a way that many so-called leaders do not.

And then, on the other side of the world, there is Donald Trump.

If Zelenskyy represents the best of humanity, the resilience to stand against evil, Trump represents its worst. Not just incompetence, not just corruption, but an absolute void where morality should be. There is no honor among his ambitions, no higher cause in his conquests. He is a man who poisons everything he touches. Who sees loyalty as something to exploit, who views his own country not as something to protect, but as something to own.

While Ukraine battles on the frontlines for freedom, the West in general but America in particular, face its own war: truth against lies, justice against corruption, courage against cowardice. The stakes are no different. Here, Putin wants to crush us. There, Trump wants to tear America apart from the inside.

If you want to know what leadership looks like, look to Ukraine. Look to the man who walks through trenches and visits soldiers on the frontlines. Look to a president who refuses to abandon his people, who has risked everything. Not for power, not for wealth, but for the simple belief that his country is worth fighting for.

That is leadership. That is courage. That is what we should demand in our own leaders.

But Zelenskyy’s leadership is not just in battle, not just in strategy. It is in his voice. He has spoken to every major government, every parliament, every organization that matters in this fight. He has stood before the U.S. Congress and told them why this war matters not just for Ukraine, but for the future of democracy itself.

And the world listened. Because when he speaks, he does not just represent himself.

He represents the soldiers holding the trenches. He represents the families sleeping in subway stations. He represents the mothers, the fathers, the children, every Ukrainian who refuses to be erased.

One day, this war will end. Ukraine will be in peace again, united, prosperous. This day, Zelenskyy will no longer have to fight. And when that day comes, may he sit peacefully in one of our beautiful beaches of the Black Sea, in a free Crimea, after an uninterrupted night of sleep, and watch his country rise from the ashes.

Because he did not give up. Because he stood when others would have fallen. Because he led when the world needed him most.

Because through the hardest three years in Ukraine’s history, no one would be doing a better job than him.

Thank you for everything, Volodymyr.

We resist because we are Ukrainians.

And every day of these almost three years, you remind us what that truly means.

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It's worse than we thought (about Ukraine) - Viktor Kravchuk (Substack)

 It's worse than we thought

Better if history just repeats itself instead of becoming a worse version of it.

VIKTOR KRAVCHUK FEB 13

ALONG THESE THREE YEARS, I LOST MOST OF my ability to cry, and instead, my body finds other ways to balance my feelings. But I'm sure many people are crying as they realize what is happening.

Trump is making a deal with Putin.

Why? Why would anyone want to align with someone like that?

Illustration: Marian Kamensky

How can someone announce negotiations with the person who is commanding an invasion of a foreign country, where his armies stand accused of the worst war crimes?

The worst part of it all is not the war crimes themselves, as terrible as they are. The worst is that Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. He is behaving exactly as predicted, following his agenda of insensitivity, hate, and recklessness.

He is exactly as we have always known, yet many times we failed to believe it. We thought our institutions were powerful enough to prevent the worst from happening. The worst inside the worst-intentioned human beings. And our institutions are strong.

But just like eight decades ago, we are living in a perfect storm.

This storm is what makes things worse.

This storm happens when someone emerges from obscurity and achieves domination of the discourse, exploiting contradictions within our societies and spreading distorted narratives with alarming speed. As the storm unfolds, large segments of society rally behind their ideas, forming a cult-like following where violence and hate become the norm.

Those who seize power in such conditions are far more dangerous than they appear. They develop influence to a level that even history’s most notorious totalitarian regimes struggled to achieve.

The moment of Trump's announcement was when I realized that history is clearly repeating itself. It was impossible to recall 1938, when Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich waving a document and claiming it “peace for our time.”

We know today that he had been deceived by Hitler. The historical judgment of Chamberlain is controversial, but he is often associated with innocence or ineptitude. Eighty-three years later, Trump is going one step further.

He isn’t being fooled by Putin. He’s collaborating with him.

This isn’t just politics. This is about power, control, and the erosion of everything we hold dear. The world can’t afford another Munich moment. Putin’s ambitions won’t stop at Ukraine, just as Hitler’s didn’t stop at Czechoslovakia.

I know what I'm saying. I'm in Ukraine. I feel the war. I witness its horrors every single day. My life has became living every aspect of this war. I see the widespread destruction Putin has inflicted on my family and every family in my country.

And I will keep fighting. For my nation, for my people. For my survival. I will be right here writing and telling my story to the world. Not just until Ukraine prevails, but until this empire of hate, terror, greed, dystopia, and vulgarity is completely defeated everywhere.

Because as long as these people have power, our planet will never be certain if it will survive another night.

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