War is not a video game with a “reset button.”
Once an invasion is allowed, once blood and sacrifice have been shed, realizing “we were wrong” means that the lost lives and destroyed homes will never return.
The subsequent support and sympathy from the international community will not make up for the blood that was spilled.
The most painful lesson we Ukrainian refugees learned in the crucible of war is the cold, hard reality that only the people of a nation can ultimately defend their own country.
The United Nations proved powerless against the wall of Russia’s permanent Security Council seat.
International law and the condemnation of global opinion could not save our cities from destruction. International law is, at best, a highly limited deterrent—it is only “better than nothing.”
