Travel through Europe, and you’ll see Palestinian flags hanging outside homes, bars, and shops. Graffiti supporting the Palestinians covers walls. Perceived Israeli injustices against the Palestinians keep bringing people into the streets and university campuses. Ukrainian flags appear here and there, but they are a far rarer sight.
Yet, Russian missiles and drones keep pounding Ukraine while Kyiv asks its partners for more air defenses. Last week, strikes on Ukraine’s capital killed five people and injured more than 30, damaging apartment buildings, a school, and a health clinic. In only June and July, 730 civilians were killed, and 4,600 were injured. The death toll is still rising. These losses come after years of destruction in Europe’s largest war since 1945. Ukrainian officials estimate that tens of thousands died in Mariupol alone. Across this country, families have lost their homes, their children, their relatives, and the towns where they grew up.
