Only NATO can save Ukraine

The world is offering a chance to cowardice win this war

In history, there are moments when the world has to decide: Do we stand for what is right, or do we look away?

For Ukraine, that moment is now. And the choice will define not just our future, but the future of everyone.

Three years of war. This is not a day for celebration. While we usually associate "anniversaries" with birth and life, this is about disaster and death. Every February 24 is remembered as a day when these became a daily fact of life for Ukrainians.

Three years of hell, sacrifice, disruption, and resilience. Yet Ukraine remains outside NATO.

That's exactly why we will keep remembering the world of this date. This creepy anniversary. Of a war that could have never started. Of a preventable and unnecessary tragedy that we are living through.

Nothing would be happening if the right decisions had been made. Nothing. I’m talking about, obviously, if Ukraine had been granted NATO membership, as so many nations that were unwillingly part of the Soviet Union in the past were granted.

I'm so sorry, friends, but how many more “anniversaries” do we need to remember before the correct decisions are adopted?

Every Ukrainian who has even a small voice to a wider public abroad and is able to communicate in a global language is probably annoying you this Monday. You are probably done with so much news and so many pieces about this sinister anniversary.

And you're absolutely right to think so.

Because it’s all exasperating.

It’s infuriating.

We were always just one single decision away from Ukraine inside NATO. One decision from ending this war, and it was not made simply because decision-makers are falling into Russia's blackmail or Russia's bluff.

If a simple and ordinary Ukrainian like me, who has never stepped on a plane in his life and knows nothing about the world, understands that, what could be said about our distinguished and experienced diplomats and politicians in Brussels, London, or Washington?

I know nothing about life, but I know about Russians. They have been in my Ukraine killing my people for centuries. These are people who threaten, who bluff, who deceive, who pretend. And they are, above everything, cowards.

Cowardice is the main trait of Russians. At least when it comes to political matters. For other matters, I leave you to build your own opinion.

We are letting Ukraine die because our representatives are falling for Russia's bluff. For Russia's cowardice.

We are letting Ukraine die because NATO is afraid of cowards.

The world is offering a chance to cowardice win this war.

That's why our friends from Finland, from Poland, and from the Baltic countries understand that there is an absolute urgency in finally making Ukraine join NATO.

They also know Russians. They know that NATO is not just an alliance, but a lifeline.

Still, this isn’t about alliances. This isn't even about lifelines.

It’s all about the cost of waiting.

We don't want to remember the fourth anniversary of this.

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