Olena Zelenska spoke in her native language to the US Congress just as her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, did only a short time ago.
A year ago her life and the life of the Ukrainian people were quite different. They had peace in their country. Ukraine was entrenched in a political war to remove corruption from their government and seek economic prosperity with both Russia and the EU. It was a time when The West believed there would be global peace with countries and people finding that harmony that would go forward to preserve and keep Earth in a balance that was benevolent to all people in every country and nation.
Today. the global community has a very different reality and Olean Zelenska with pain in her heart for every Ukrainian child came to plead for an enforced peace within Ukraine to allow the children to feel safe and return to a more normalized life in attending school and have hope for the future. She had no hateful words for those that have brought genocide to her country and her people, instead, her vision is one of a protected status of military technology not very different than that which Israel enjoys.
She was elegant and sophisticated knowing exactly the feelings of every mother and father for their children and the future of their country. She was a pillar of strength whether she realized it or not. She shed no tears as having absorbed the horrors of Ukraine's reality and the daily barrage of impending death that besets them. She wishes to end the violence and terrorism that is the reality of Ukraine.
Her plea was simple and real, end the terrorism and violence that takes their beautiful children from them everyday. It is all she asks and nothing more. She does not long for vengeance or a bigger war. She has no ideas of repercussion against any other people, she only asks for technology that will provide a more peaceful land for the Ukrainian children that can return to their homeland and a semblance of peace, love and learning.
July 20, 2022
By Dylan StablefordWith Russia’s war (click here) in her home country continuing to rage, Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky, addressed a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the third day of her high-profile Washington, D.C., trip.
"I know this is the first time when the wife of the president of a foreign country has the honor to address you within these walls," Zelenska said in remarks translated from her speech, which was delivered in Ukrainian. "This is really important for me and for my country, and today I want to address you as politicians and party representatives as well as mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, daughters and sons.”
Zelenska presented images of young girls and boys killed by Russian missile strikes, including 4-year-old Lisa, whom she had met around Christmas.
"I remember her just like she is here, a cheerful, playful little rascal," Zelenska told Congress. "She is no longer with us. On July 14, Lisa was killed by a Russian missile attack."...
Today, Russia is finding itself in a bit of a vice. There is word the Chechens are taking aim against a far weaker Russia than they ever assessed before. Russia, in it's cruel invasion of Ukraine in an arbitrary vision of a president with his own ego as his guide may very well be looking at a civil war in addition to the instability of it's western border with Ukraine.
The Free World is still reorganizing, finding it's current energy limits a rather alarming economic insult and looks for alternatives to the "economic pinch" so many of their citizens want to blame on the current elected leaders. Yet, Ukraine and it's refugees are never far from the reality that faces them.
It is only right the Free World concern itself with a return of the Ukrainian people to their homeland. They have tried to some extent and they are met with hatred from Russia and more missile attacks that take more lives, cause hardship and loss of more children. The people of Ukraine want to go home. They want to be productive again and reclaim their well being while living day to day to build a strong and resilient country.
Ukraine needs to be able to stop the missiles. It needs stability to return some prosperity to the country. It is in the best interest of all those believing peace is a global priority to find ways to assist the First Lady of Ukraine to settle the people in their homeland. The sooner an enforced peace can be provided the sooner there will be a reality to Vladimir Putin that his war against innocent and peaceful people will never work and it all has to end.
