Ihave just returned from a week in Ukraine, a country at war fighting with courage, resilience and remarkable ingenuity. What I witnessed was not a country in despair, but one fiercely committed to defending its freedom.

Earlier this month, I traveled with a group of 25, mostly Americans, to deliver donated vehicles and other supplies to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. What we brought was further distributed to a hospital and to army brigades on the eastern front. The convoy of vehicles, sponsored by a U.S.-based nonprofit, began in Helsinki, Finland. I joined in Warsaw, Poland, before crossing into Ukraine.

Wherever I went, I met people who refuse to surrender to fear. Air raid sirens happen daily, yet life goes on. Teachers continue classes, often in underground shelters. Soldiers rotate

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