To me, @ZelenskyyUa  remains the current greatest state head. I wrote "Zelenskyy is THE greatest president at present - principled, brave, pragmatic, and EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE regardless of the outcome of this war." on February 26, two days after the war. To me, Zelenskyy remains the current greatest state head. I don't idolize any living person. Among the 7.8B sinners, he happens to be the greatest leader now. I see extraordinary ignorance, absurdity, bigotry, meanness, and hypocrisy in the demonization of Pres Zelenskyy. Pres Zelenskyy has been wearing military fatigues to meet EVERY state head from over a dozen countries who visited Kyiv, but some people have beef with him wearing them to meet the US president who was very happy to receive him. You know what, if he wore suits only for the US president, I guarantee, some of these people would say that they told you that UA is a US client state and Zelenskyy is a lapdog, see how he treats the US drastically differen...

 Wherever you go in Ukraine, the most notable structures are invariably Churches.  I wonder if there was a sort of grandiose competition among Churches in Kyiv a long time ago. St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery may be the most famous one. The church at the highest point is probably St. Andrew's Church. It is an excellent point to have a bird's eye view of Kyiv.  Unlike Lviv, Kyiv allows photos at high points. I feel the grandest one is St. Sophia's Cathedral. It requires one or two hours to tour it. The churches in Odesa are less grandiose than those in Kyiv. This is Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral The churches in Lviv seem to be more diverse. I am not qualified to explain the difference. Here are the Church of Saints Olga & Elizabeth and St. George's Cathedral. You see a beautiful church (Khram Svyatoho Mykolaya) before entering the city of Mykolaiv. This is the case in rural areas too. You see a beautiful church before seeing the village. The houses of a vil...