I learned that every member of the American Embassy staff in Kyiv, led by our courageous and cleareyed ambassador, Bridget Brink, volunteered for the duty.
I learned what it was like to sit in conference rooms and walk along corridors that would soon be shattered by Russian ordnance.
I learned that Ukrainians have no interest in turning their victimization into an identity.
I learned that, for all the aid we’ve given Ukraine, we are the true beneficiaries in the relationship, and they the true benefactors.
NATO countries are paying for their long-term security in money, which is cheap, and munitions, which are replaceable.
Persons:
Bridget Brink, general’s, Samantha Power, Power, Anatoliy Fedoruk, ”, aren’t, Ben Wallace, Britain’s
Organizations:
American Embassy, Marshall, United States Agency for International Development, Port Authority, Serbian, NATO
Locations:
Kyiv, Odesa, Belgrade, Kosovo, Bucha, Moscow, Budapest, Russia, Minsk, Ukraine