Here Comes the Sun
Col. Yevhen Konovalets represented a generation who refused to accept that Ukraine’s struggle for independence was over. He believed Ukraine would one day be free. Now his remains are coming back to Ukraine from Rotterdam, where he was assassination by Moscow in 1938.
On a spring day in Rotterdam, May 23, 1938, Col. Yevhen Konovalets met a young visitor in the Atlanta Hotel café. The younger man, an NKVD agent acting on Stalin's orders, presented Konovalets with a box of chocolates containing a hidden bomb. Moments later, the colonel lay dead, assassinated in an attempt to decapitate the Ukrainian nationalist movement.
Despite his untimely demise, Konovalets' legacy endured, inspiring generations of Ukrainians who refused to accept that their nation's struggle for independence was over. Nearly nine decades later, his remains were exhumed and transported to Ukraine, where he will be laid to rest at a military burial ground outside Kyiv. This act symbolizes the resilience and unbreakable spirit of Ukraine, a nation that has faced countless challenges and setbacks, yet its flame of independence has never been extinguished.
As the solar eclipse coincides with Konovalets' journey home, it serves as a poignant reminder of the enduring strength of the Ukrainian people and their unwavering commitment to their nation's right to exist.
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