“But it’s really symbolic of where the world is going to go. If Ukraine falls to the aggression of Russia, it’s going to give a lesson not just to Russia but to other countries about what they can and can’t get away with.”

US senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona
At the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa, Ukraine looks increasingly like the leader of the free world

WRITER: Andrew Mueller
Monocle, June, 2026