Another day, another atrocity. Russian missiles have set the historic St. Sophia Cathedral ablaze, killing 11 in what can only be described as barbaric strikes.
The cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a symbol of Ukrainian independence, now lies smouldering. This is not war. This is cultural genocide.
We are witnessing the systematic destruction of a nation’s soul, a scorched-earth campaign that would make Attila the Hun blush. The parallels to the Fall of Rome are eerie: a once-great power, consumed by imperial delusions, lashing out at its neighbours with indiscriminate violence. But let us not be naive.
This is not about NATO expansion or territorial disputes. This is about erasing a people, their history, and their identity. The West, with its usual intellectual decadence, dithers and debates while Kyiv burns.
We have seen this before: the appeasement of dictators, the hollow sanctions, the endless diplomatic conferences that achieve nothing. The Victorians would have been appalled at our cowardice. They understood that civilisation must be defended, not with speeches, but with steel.
Today, the missiles fall on a cathedral. Tomorrow, they fall on our consciences. The question is: will we act, or will we let the flames consume everything we claim to hold dear?
