Ukraine’s endurance has redefined what courage looks like in a democracy under siege.
The daily lives of Ukrainians blur the line between ordinary and extraordinary resilience.
Western hesitation has cost lives and strengthened authoritarian resolve.
Supporting Ukraine isn’t foreign aid — it’s an act of democratic self-preservation.
Stuart captures a country that refuses to break — where judges defend the rule of law by day and the city by night, and where rebuilding a shattered home is itself an act of defiance. His reflections from Kyiv reveal a nation living between air raid sirens and humor, loss and purpose, proving that democracy’s strength is measured not in comfort but in endurance.
He draws a direct line between Ukraine’s struggle and the West’s moral clarity, warning that indifference is complicity and fatigue is a luxury no free society can afford. The message is simple and haunting: Ukraine must win, not only for itself but for the idea of freedom everywhere. To look away now would be to abandon the very principles that once defined the democratic world.
Supreme Court Justice and Drone Defense Machine Gunner: My Report from Ukraine
Editor’s Note: Stuart Stevens was recently in Ukraine on an aid project. This is the first of a series of pieces he’s writing on what he encountered.
