President’s Day February 21 was also the day that Putin made his speech. I think that’s a marker date and that this war against Ukraine/DS will continue for 21 days. And then what....?
Good question. I hope whatever comes next is a clear sign of good things in the future, and not just for us. I have a Ukrainian bridge partner who talks to me about politics and he’s completely freaked out about what’s happening in the Ukraine. He’s convinced that Putin is an irredeemable demon who only wants to harm the Ukraine. I’ve been trying to get him to see other possibilities, good ones, but he always throws me back to Holodomor and refuses to see that this could be good for the Ukraine in the long term. I know how distressed he is and all I can do is end each conversation with “Let’s wait and see.”