Ukraine doesn’t need chanting, flag flying or applause. They need friends who want to save their lives and minimise their suffering.
Not those who egg them on with flag-waving and empty gestures.
The Putin regime will utterly decimate the country, the West cannot stop it or will not do so.
Ukraine can fight valiantly and gallantly as they are, but in no reasonable scenario can they actually win.
The suffering of children and refugees is already immense and painful to see.
The human cost of showmanship and virtue signalling is too great.
As NATO will and cannot risk its own troops, or risk nuclear conflict, ultimately they must talk to Russia and find some kind of diplomatic way out of this hellish scenario.
Putin is a psychopath. He murdered Chechens with absolutely no mercy. He has no concern for the suffering of Russians, let alone Ukrainians.
The way forward is for neutral countries to talk to both sides and find face-saving compromises to stop the killing.
This could involve recognising Crimea as part of Russia, agreeing joint sovereignty over Donbas republics and Ukraine pledging not to join NATO.
Russia could be persuaded to agree to Ukraine to joining the EU and being willing to pay for reconstruction of Ukraine. They should also commit to never attempting regime change in Kiev.
The hypocritical ‘freedom lovers’who say nothing about Myanmar’s genocide or Israel’s crimes , should also stop their sickeningly myopic and racist targeting of all Russians.
Let’s pray for all occupied people, but let’s also find a rational and practical way out of this painful mess.
May Allah have mercy on Ukraineā¦. (and also Syria, Xinjiang, Rohingya, Yemen, Palestinians, Kashmiris and all oppressed people). Ameen.