Aaron Earls

The other day, a filmmaker from Beverly Hills called me. He said he was really interested in making a documentary about the Battle of Kyiv. And he asked me if I was interested in joining the project and also asked if I had good ideas and thoughts that could be pitched to Hollywood bosses. And heaven knows I did have quite a few ideas on why people should tap into that page of modern history. I often get back to those days in my thoughts. This always gives me a new bit of strength and motivation. On those days of February and March, we in Ukraine were all alone. Half of the world was literally burying us alive. Our fate seemed to have been decided upon forever. We were surrounded by a cloud of darkness that was closing in. We had very few weapons sent to us from the West in the final moments before the H-hour. We all were facing a gargantuan wall of doomsday that was just about to bring an end to our little world. I don't think that many of us were seriously thinking about a new day to come when hundreds of Russian missiles were roaring from all around Kyiv in the invasion's initial hours. Yet, there was this 'fuck this shit, we're not going down that easy' kind of attitude. The spiritual uplift of the final stand or the finest hour, if I may. So many of us were doing what he or she should and ought to do. The military was ambushing and slaying gargantuan advancing Russian armored columns. Reporters were staying in the semi-encircled city and doing their job. Many ordinary people were getting rifles and ammo from the police just in the streets of Kyiv and were cooking up Molotovs to give Russians a warm welcome in the end. Many, yours truly included, took care of their loved ones and got back to the city under attack to never ever feel ashamed of themselves. Businesses were keeping the city afloat and feeding the old and the poor. Those whom we elected to lead us were doing their thing. Those tragic days were about this very simple and basic moral principle: do what you must and come what may. We did not come to terms with 'there's nothing that can be done' and 'Kyiv will inevitably fall within 72 hours.' And now, whatever happens, be it America abandoning us in the worst European war of aggression since Adolf Hitler or anything else, we'll still be doing what we all should. Because we still have no choice but to do what is right. But until then - good night from the fighting Ukraine that is repelling the biggest European war of aggression since Adolf Hitler for over 700 days and is not even thinking of giving up. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦