Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian soldiers and regular citizens alike are exhibiting fierce resistance under the leadership of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Although Russian forces have made progress along Ukraine’s southern coast, intensified the offensive on major cities and stepped up attacks on civilians, the plan to swiftly seize Kyiv has gone awry.

So far, Taiwanese are waiting to see what the government can learn from this war, described as the most significant European war since 1945, and one that could rewrite geopolitical order.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Kyiv has controlled the narrative with a hybrid approach of news, public opinion, psychological and cognitive elements, and disinformation. Information warfare has displaced traditional political warfare and gained new strategic importance.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been broadcasting live daily, as well as at significant times during the conflict, to show his country and the world his resolve to fight to the end and to castigate Russia for launching an unjust, unprovoked war.

During particularly tense episodes, he has given impassioned speeches, telling Ukrainians to stay alive so that they can once again sit down to eat together.