The second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine falls this Saturday. Frida Ghitis: Allowing Ukraine to turn things around is the only way to “end this war” Ghitis says Western leaders recognize that the prolongation of the war is a reality more clearly than last year.

But she says they continue to fail to convey to their respective societies the feeling that we are facing an existential threat, she says. She says countries like the Czech Republic and Denmark, alone, cannot do what is necessary for Ukraine to stop Russia.