![TIME artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts123/v4/ca/82/61/ca82618d-5fd9-0105-6f0a-bee2e9892d98/mza_8973721125146917814.png/100x100bb.jpg)
Column: Ukraine Shows the Strength of a Free People
TIME
English - May 09, 2022 11:30 - 9 minutes - 16.8 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratingsDaily News News Society & Culture spokenlayer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a confrontation of a dictatorship against a free people. The free people are winning in no small part because they are free.
Ukraine and Russia both emerged from the ruin of the Soviet Union with the burden of generations of oppression. Both countries struggled to rebuild themselves as free countries with market economies and democratic systems.