Цей лист був вперше опублікований газетою Cape Coral Breeze 14 серпня 2025 року.
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Я нещодавно повернулася з України, де була свідком руйнувань і ударів Росії в містах, де я провела більшість часу — у Києві та в Одеській області. І тепер, коли я знову вдома, з огляду на майбутню зустріч Трампа і Путіна, у мене є кілька запитань.
Чому жоден кандидат до Конгресу від 19-го округу Південно-Західної Флориди не висловив жодної позиції щодо України чи Росії? І що ще важливіше — чому Трамп дозволяє сухопутному агресору Путіну прибути на Аляску, щоб цього тижня вести переговори щодо українських територій на авіаційній та армійській базі США Елмендорф-Річардсон?
Окрім порушення міжнародного права, територіальної цілісності та геноциду українського і російського народів, давайте коротко згадаємо нещодавню історію хибного переконання Путіна в його праві на цю американську землю…
У 2022 році Росія зневажила національні кордони США, пригрозивши «повернути» Аляску.
У 2024 році Росія разом із Китаєм почала патрулювати американські острови на Алясці з ядерними військовими кораблями, загрожуючи нашій військовій присутності в регіоні.
Аляска межує з Росією, так само як і Україна. Якщо Трамп готовий домовлятися про кордони України — що буде далі?
Путін, Трамп і всі американські політики, які погоджуються з цим, повинні серйозно задуматися, перш ніж дозволити воєнному злочинцю Володимиру Путіну ступити на американську землю. Вони мають знати — і весь світ має знати — наскільки Америка ненавидить нацистський російський режим.
Якби більше американських політиків діяли проти терористів, уявіть, скільки миру було б у світі.
Кандидати до Конгресу від Південно-Західної Флориди, які не засудили Росію в той тиждень, коли Путін прибув до США, несерйозно ставляться до національної безпеки, демократії та, зрештою, до американського народу. Їх цікавить лише особисте збагачення, популярність, увага або інші корисливі цілі, що, схоже, спрямовані на придушення справжнього американського народу, з яким я познайомилася і який разом зі мною рішуче виступає проти терористичної російської держави.
Де ті лідери, які мають хребет, щоб виступити тоді, коли це справді має значення? Де ті, хто думає самостійно, а не дозволяє ляльководу думати за себе?
Я закликаю президента Трампа не укладати угоди з терористами… Нам потрібна сила. І я закликаю його відмовити у в’їзді воєнному злочинцю Володимиру Путіну до США. Не ступайте на нашу землю.
Щоб прочитати про мій досвід під час війни в Україні, перейдіть на мій новий сайт kyivfreepress.com. Я з нетерпінням чекаю можливості поділитися з моєю спільнотою ще більше найближчим часом.
This letter was originally published by the Cape Coral Breeze on Aug 14, 2025
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To the editor:
I’ve recently come back from Ukraine where I witnessed Russia’s destruction and strikes in the cities where I spent most of my time, in Kyiv and in the Odessa region. And now that I’m back, in light of the upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin, I have a few questions.
Why has not one Southwest Florida CD-19 Congressional candidate taken any position on Ukraine or Russia? More importantly, why is Trump letting land invader Putin come to Alaska to negotiate territories of Ukraine this week at USAF-US Army base, Base Elmendorf-Richardson?
Aside from the violation of international law and territorial integrity, and full blown genocide of Ukrainian AND Russian people, let’s quickly debrief a recent history on Putin’s false sense of entitlement to this American state….
In 2022 Russia disrespected U.S. national borders, threatening to take back Alaska from the US.
In 2024 Russia alongside China then proceeded to patrol America’s Alaskan island with nuclear warships, threatening our military power in the region.
Alaska borders Russia, just as Ukraine borders Russia…. If Trump is willing to negotiate Ukraine’s borders, what is next?
Putin, Trump, and all consenting American politicians should heavily reconsider allowing war criminal Vladimir Putin to step foot into the States. They should know, and the world should know, exactly how much America hates the Nazi Russian regime.
If more American politicians took actions against terrorists, imagine how much peace in the world there would be.
The current Southwest Florida Congressional candidates who failed to denounce Russia the very week Putin came to the States are not serious about national security, democracy, nor the American public for that matter. All they care about is personal enrichment, popularity, attention, or whatever serves this seemingly malign interest to choke out the real American public who I’ve come to know, and who stands with me vehemently against the terrorist Russian state.
Where are the leaders who’ve got the backbone to stand up when it counts? Where are the leaders who will think for themselves instead of let their puppet master think for them?
I implore President Trump against making deals with terrorists…. what we need is force. And I implore him to refuse entry to war criminal Vladimir Putin to the US. Stay off our land.
To read about my experiences in wartime Ukraine, please follow my new publication at kyivfreepress.com. I look forward to sharing more directly with my community in the near future.
Something really cosmic happened to me tonight. But first I need to talk about one of the most well known military leaders and politicians of all time.
Lately I have been studying Napoleon due to the recent shaming I received from my father-in-law who is prominently known in Ukraine for translating the Napoleon Code from the French to russian language. According to father, I am supposed to know a lot more about Napoleon, so I’ve been learning fun facts about Napoleon such as how he sold Louisiana to the US, etc. etc.
Indeed, Father and I are having a lot of good talks about Napoleon since I being in Kyiv.
Napoleon believed in luck and numerology and superstitious stuff like that. And I think that’s really interesting because, even though I’m spiritual and believe in God, I wasn’t really big into luck or numerology,,,,,,,,,, until recently.
so before u call me crazy for what I am about to write…just remember that Napoleon was just as crazy…if not more.
It all started right before I traveled from the states to Ukraine, and I didn’t really want to make anything of it, even though it’s kinda been in the back of my head. But then tonight happened and I realized that I might have received some sort of supernatural communication from the fallen soldiers of Ukraine.
Exactly 40 days ago today was Memorial Day, and I spent that day writing to commemorate the fallen soldiers of my friends’ military unit, Chosen Company. I sent the letter to my friends… and since I’ve been raising funds here and there to send miiltary equipment to the front, I made this goal of fundraising Chosen and my friends with Presidential Brigade in Luhansk, and I set a deadline for the fourth of July..
To be honest this sounds silly but I was annoyed at the fact that Memorial Day was only 39 days from the fourth of July, and not 40. Because 40 is such a very symbolic number. 39 feels almost there. 40 feels complete. So, I just settled on ” about ” 40…
In the bible, the number 40 (i.e. 40 days and 40 nights) is associated with a fulfilling of God’s promises (Israelites wandering for 40 years), but it also symbolizes judgement, tests, temptations and trial periods (Jesus fasting in the desert).
40 is also my shoe size in Ukraine. I didn’t know this until recently since in Ukraine walking is a common form of travel, so I had to buy some shoes. And I keep mispronouncing the word as chotirnadtzet every time I try to buy shoes, and the store workers always try to politely cover up how hilarious i sound.
Well, I had to finally beat into my head that the number 40 is the only multiple of ten that doesn’t end with the “nadzet” . 40 is actually a totally different word in Ukrainian, pronounced sorok or soroka.
Soroka is also the name of a bird. It is also the callsign of my friend Roksalana’s fiancee who died from battle injuries in Ukraine. I first met Soroka’s fiancee at the Lviv military cemetary and she shared with me her and Soroka’s story and I shared it with many people in my country and around the world, and her and I have kept in touch ever since.
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Roskalana met Soroka during her practice as a military psychologist for combat veterans in Ukraine. Over the years they fell in love and got engaged. She now helps organize a growing group of military wives, daughters, mothers, fiancees, and mourning women, who lost their beloved sons, husbands, brothers to this war.
Let me circle back now to Memorial day, 40 days ago. That same day, within one hour of me publishing the letter about Chosen’s fallen soldiers, the Company Commander Ryan O’Leary made a pivotal public statement that he was shutting down operations with Chosen Company after 39 months of war.
Chosen Company is shutting down operations and moving towards separation from the Ukrainian military. Official statement will be released once I’m off contract and can fully speak freely without violating Ukrainian military law/statutes. It’s been a good 39 month run.
And at the time there was a huge mystery behind it and a lot of press. But we ultimately found out why.
It was because he put the lives of his soldiers before anything.
But at the time the thing that secretly hit me was that Chosen fought for 39 months straight……39……and I’d already been so irked by that number that day. Lol
Well, I thought it was just a coincidence. ANd I went to Ukraine, and I went to Kyiv, and I went to the military memorial site there. ….
ANd I was wandering around with my camera and out of the corner of my eye I saw the dragon’s wing and I actually caught on camera the very exact moment I found Chosen Company’s memorial , and that was a very emotional moment for me, as I have folloewd Chosen Company so closely, all the way through…..
Flash forward to today, I was talking to my kids on the phone and I was walking along the military memorial at St. Michael’s Cathedral, and I was showing my son all of the faces of the soldiers, and I told him we wre going to look at every single face.
But toward the very end of the wall, I kinda of trailed off and started leaving the site.
Then I immediately had a bad feeling, like I skipped out on some of the guys, and that wasn’t right. I had to look at all of their faces. So I turned right back around. And that’s when his face popped out at me. It was Soroka.
I had not known him when he was living. But I had encountered him one year ago in Lviv at his gravesite and now, 40 days exactly from the day that I wrote the Memorial Day letter for the fallen soldiers.
The exact number of days that I wanted for my military goal: 40 days.
And out of hundreds of thousands of faces, I found Soroka.
I texted Roksalana and shared with her his photo, and it made her so happy to see his face.
I believe it is a sign being communicated to me by the fallen soldiers. I am not sure what they are trying to tell me, but I believe it has something to do with the completion of a period, of a test.
Since Chosen Company officially ended its operations with land forces 40 days ago, the unit’s former Commander, Ryan O’Leary stated the following, (paraphrased, full quote here)
“The army relies on supplies, but its will to fight, its ability to endure and destroy the enemy, lies in the hands of its leadership. There is a vast difference between a unit that merely survives and one that truly fights. . . . . .
Such situations are part of the problem in Ukraine’s Ground Forces. The sergeant corps has not been properly formed since the start of the full-scale war in 2022, and the officer corps continues to operate under Soviet templates, where failures are covered up, and soldiers pay the price. We shed blood for Ukraine, we die for Ukraine, we fight for our children, wives, sons, and daughters—while officers who don’t care, who lack motivation, who have no right to lead, continue to make mistakes that lead to senseless deaths. . .
. . . I cannot speak to levels above the battalion, but given the recent statements from officers who tried to change the system and were forced to resign—this should be a signal to those in power. Changes are needed if we want to preserve the freedom of the next generation, Ukrainian identity, and continue the path to democracy. At the current pace, these officers will continue to fill cemeteries with brave, courageous Ukrainians for no justified reason. That is why I will no longer lead brave men and women into the hell of battle unless I know there is an officer in the rear who cares about our lives and wants to accomplish the mission alongside us. The most valuable thing we have is our people, our minds, our ability to think. We must engrave the belief that people are more important than meters and medals—something that, sadly, is currently absent. Among us are butchers, among us are scoundrels, and these officers must be removed immediately if we want to win this war and preserve our state. . . “
-Ryan O’Leary
Армія тримається на харчах, але її воля до бою, здатність витримувати і знищувати ворога — у руках її командування. Є величезна різниця між підрозділом, що просто виживає, і підрозділом, що реально воює.
Почнемо з того, що це не звернення до конкретного командування, але це те,…
What would the great leaders of yesterday say of the leadership today?
Napoleon was one of the most renoun military leaders of all time. But he also cared for civilian life and the nation outside of military operations, also wrote one of the most famous Civil Codes: the Napoleon code.
A fatalist, he also believed in fate….
But there is one fatal flaw about Napoleon. He was also known to have a complex view on the death of his soldiers. He was also known to execute prisoners of war. He prioritized victory over casualties.
Today, although far and few between, we have far better military leaders. Leaders that put the lives of their soldiers over power.
Leadership that will prioritize the lives of the military first over any other objective.,,,,,
And if we listen to this leadership we can achieve our justified, attainable, and righteous military objectives.
These are the guys who know how to end the war on the military front.
As for the rest of civil society, what I must take responsibility, My government, the AMerican government must come together in alliance with Ukraine to decisively end this war with what I believe to be the only solution: aggressive military force.
Not to kill, but to stop killing. The US can send weapons to Ukraine that will expel and deter the russian invasion once and for all. Every day America fails to do that, we are responsible for bloodshed.
And that is something I refuse to be apart of, whcih is why i fight our weak politicians and continue call for strong defense alliance.
If not, we will continue to have more and more mourning brothers, and sisters, such as Roskalana, who wrote the following several months ago:
What does this 40 days really means I do not know. If it is a sign from the fallen soldiers, this will forever be a mystery…
But what i know for sure is right now, we are undergoing a test of humanity like never before.
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