It's been a horrible week for President Petro Poroshenko. The Russians captured Ukrainian ships and sailors in non-territorial waters and no one will come to Ukraine's aid. They took 24 prisoners. Oh, the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who has already resigned her post, denounced the move. Angela Merkel denounced the move, too, but fell short of condemnations or urging NATO support because she needs Russian gas. And Russia is building an undersea pipeline to bypass Ukraine.
Trump yesterday cancelled his scheduled meeting with Putin in Argentina - because of the conflict with Ukraine, yeah right. He cancelled the meeting because he would have to explain the Cohen guilty plea about what he did and knew about Russia dealings during Trump's campaign for President. And he'd have to stomp on Putin for Ukraine digressions which he is loathe to do. So he cancels the meeting. No meeting, no problems.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian women in other parts of the country were making their own news. Miss Ukraine 2018, Veronika Didusenko, was disqualified from her title because she has a son. And she has taken to Instagram to fight this prejudice which she says she faces every day. This beautiful young woman has launched a global campaign to end discrimination against women who have children.
Miss Universe Ukraine, Karina Zosan, is on her way to Thailand for the worldwide competition. Her extraordinary outfit "Tree of Life" delivers a stark contrast from the war in Donbas and on the Black Sea. This stunning young woman comes from Odessa, Ukraine's main Black Sea port.
Thank you for the positive feedback about our national costume!🌺
This dress is decorated with traditional elements of Ukrainian ornament.
The mallow flower has been decorating the Ukrainian houses since ancient times.
Red color symbolizes the love of Ukrainian people to their land, to their families, to the Motherland. White color indicates the purity and holiness of the Ukrainian soul.
10 masters of different areas of crafts, decorators, seamstresses, and blacksmiths worked over the embodiment of this idea.
The manufacturing took more than 90 days.
The number of silk threads used for decoration is almost 11 kilometers that were made by the hands of masters of 50 flowers.
On yet another world stage, UKRAINE'S Junior Eurovision contestant, 11-yo Darina Krasnovetska, opened the event in Minsk with her high voltage 'Say Love'. She came in fourth after Poland, France and Australia. I have a feeling we haven't heard the last of her.
So here are the men fighting wars again and the women fighting injustice, building trees for life and singing songs of love. "Those Ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind."
