Sky Defense: Bringing it Home

Timothy Snyder · 13 Jun 2026 · snyder.substack.com ↗

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The war in Ukraine will prove as historically significant in its outcome as the First World War was.

Their wordsThe war in Ukraine has now lasted longer than the First World War, and there is every reason to think that its outcome will be of comparable historical significance.

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Our reading
In resisting Russia the Ukrainians are defending the most basic thing in decent political life: that people get to be who they choose to be.

Their wordsBy resisting Russia, Ukrainians are defending what is perhaps most basic about decent political life: the idea that people should be who they choose to be, not whom they are forced to become.

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