At the end of its strength, Ukraine refuses to give up its arms and wants to convince Trump to help it

The blue and yellow flags of Ukraine, bearing the regiment’s crest or a portrait of the deceased, flap by the hundreds in the freezing winter wind that sweeps Maidan. A major gathering place for the “revolution of dignity”, Independence Square in kyiv has become a symbol of freedom since the start, in 2014, of the war between Ukraine and Russia. Every day, brothers in arms in uniform or relatives come to plant a flag on the improvised memorial for a soldier who fell on the front, or simply to pay their respects there.

Wrapped in a white down jacket, Hanna Servienko does not tremble in the cold, nor in her convictions. This 45-year-old mother sacrificed her only son in the war. “Addams” (his nom de guerre) joined the army a few months before the invasion launched by Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022. He was 24 years old when he was killed in the battle of Mariupol, during…