We must all decide whether our nation wants shame or glory

Russia is on the brink, and the Kremlin is crumbling. Without Beijing's backing, the Russian empire is doomed.

Instead of enjoying the support of over 60 allied nations - something unprecedented in history - we could have been building a strong military economy, inspiring the world with our heroism and reforms, rallying the Ukrainian spirit to fight, ramping up our weapons production, turning ingenuity into firepower, and crushing the Russian army all the way to the Urals, led by brilliant Ukrainian generals. But instead, we've ended up with words: "We can't do this," a broken Ukraine, and worthless plans wrapped in fake security agreements.

If it's time for a personal moment of reckoning, then it's time to join the territorial defense. Perhaps, one day, your battalion will be the one to hammer a Kvartal 95 poster onto the gates of the Kremlin.

History has no subjunctive mood - the future does.

If we accept defeat as a "difficult victory" and a forced compromise somewhere in the middle of Ukraine, we will continue living in limbo, throwing up our hands in surrender. We will wait for a new Shevchenko to write poems about the bitter fate of serfs and our past glories, offering sad consolation to a few survivors.

I firmly believe that when a nation truly wants something, it can achieve anything.

We must all decide whether our nation wants shame or glory.

Silence and fatalism are the quickest path to death.

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