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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nataliya Gumenyuk

Ukrainians ask what I’m hearing about our country on the US campaign trail. The truth? We’re all but forgotten

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visits an ammunition plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visits an ammunition plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 22 September 2024. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service Handout/EPA

Around a month before the US elections, in the Kharkiv region, I sat down with a group of Ukrainian infantry soldiers together with the American historian Timothy Snyder. I suggested they ask questions of him not only as an American historian, but also as an American citizen.

The servicemen were curious about the upcoming election, but mainly the chances of receiving significant military aid any time soon. They expressed pity that many Americans still don’t understand that the Ukrainian fight is not just about us. It’s in the world’s interests to support the fight against blatant breaches of the international order.

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