On Hope, Humanity and Meaning of Freedom
This speech was given by Maksym Butkevych at the Annual Frontier Institute Conference. As a prisoner of war, Maksym spent 2 years and 4 months in russian captivity. He was freed about a month ago and here is sharing his reflections on that experience, meaning of hope, freedom and responsibility. The original text and speech in Ukrainian was published on nv.ua , I made a translation in order to share it with you. We can go transcend ourselves, project ourselves into the future, and hope will help us preserve ourselves as humans. Without hope, there is no space for choice. Without the space for choice, there is no freedom. Photo: Andrii Yushchak/ Frontier Institute Until now, a month after my release, I am filled with - and will continue to be filled with - incredible gratitude to all the people who remembered me. Remembered us. After all, I am just one of hundreds and thousands of our boys and girls who ended up behind bars under the control of the Russian Federation. I am gr...
