A year of war in a country that was invaded by the Russians - who are now finding they could lose the war they started

By Pepper Parr

February 24th, 2023

BURLINGTON, ON

The vast majority of Canadians do not know what war is; they have never experienced war on our land and those who fought wars elsewhere in the world are now few in number.

The war in Ukraine is a war being fought for every Canadian. If that war is lost to the Russians – Canada will find itself involved in a war on our far northern borders.

Russian bombing has destroyed thousands of residential structures – 8 million people have left the country.

The Chinese and the Russians have eyes on the North West Passage, buoys that collect data were discovered in the Passage recently – they were put there by the Chinese

The support is needed – and it needs to be more than just wearing a ribbon.

The Ukrainians are winning this war but the Russian President is not able to give in at this point.

This is a very treacherous time for the world. Today, the first anniversary of the fight in Ukraine their President  Volodymyr Zelenskyy said:

“It was a year of pain, sorrow, faith and unity. And this is a year of our invincibility. We know that this will be the year of our victory!”

We need to more than hope so.

They need our support and we need to give it to them.

Salt with Pepper is the musings, reflections and opinions of the publisher of the Burlington Gazette, an online newspaper that was formed in 2010 and is a member of the National Newsmedia Council.