Why Do We Care About Ukraine?

Susan Kelley
4 min readFeb 22, 2022

In Plain, Common-English Terms

Photo by Maksym Tymchyk on Unsplash

It’s in the news everywhere, yet it’s also likely that few Americans could point to it on a map.

You can’t listen to NPR, CNN, or any other newscast without hearing “Ukraine,” Russia,” Putin.” But how may of us actually understand why we, over here across the Atlantic, should be legitimately concerned about Russia’s imminent plan to invade?

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Susan Kelley

Susan is a runner, a mom of 3 grown children, and an avid traveler. She writes about humans, and wrote a book about false accusations of sexual assault.