The eyes of the world are upon Ukraine
On a June 6 nearly eight decades ago, tens of thousands of Allied soldiers, including Canadians, stormed the beaches of Normandy in a pivotal battle against fascism.
It is Russia that launched a war of aggression last year, invading Ukraine in violation not only of international law but of specific security guarantees. It is Russia that has deliberately targeted civilians and civil infrastructure. It is Russia that has executed civilians and dumped their bodies in unmarked graves, Russia that has laid waste to cities, Russia that is attempting to extinguish Ukrainian sovereignty and culture. Russia, not Ukraine, is the inheritor of Nazi barbarism.
Ukraine has denied responsibility, and its denials seem heartfelt and credible. There have been other cases in which Ukraine has taken actions that superficially seem on par with those of Russia, such as attacks on civil infrastructure. But there should be no false equivalency between Russia’s unprovoked aggression and Ukraine’s legitimate acts of self-defence. Setting a forest on fire is arson. A controlled burn to contain a conflagration is firefighting.
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