In defence Re “This moment is not just about Ukraine. It is about defending the democratic world” (Sept. 16): The longer the West hesitates, the more terror and destruction Russia inflicts on Ukraine, creating trauma that will reverberate for generations to come. Ukrainians have a history of invasion, occupation and repression. Many not only know the history – they remember and relive it, passing it down to their children and grandchildren. During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine in the Second World War, millions of Ukrainians were forced into slave labour. My mother was one of them. The words she never...