Letter to the editor: In the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States is the first to surrender, but the Americans still stand by Ukraine.

Letter to the editor: In the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States is the first to surrender, but the Americans still stand by Ukraine.

This week's letter comes from an American reader reflecting on the collapse of the Soviet Union and criticizing the current change in US foreign policy towards Russia under Donald Trump. The reader argues that abandoning Ukraine for cynical political expediency betrays American democratic values ​​and urges Ukrainians to remember that many Americans still stand with them firmly against tyranny.

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