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Let’s not learn the wrong lessons from Ukraine

5 March 2022

1:00 PM

5 March 2022

1:00 PM

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has not gone according to plan. A defiant, motivated, and mobilised Ukrainian populace has put up incredibly brave resistance. The willingness of Ukrainians to fight for their country was underestimated, so has opposition to the war in Russia itself.

The Ukrainian effort has been one of mobilisation of the population, harnessing a sense of national unity and patriotism irrespective of political party, ethnicity, or religious affiliation.

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