We are living through unprecedented and trying times. In the midst of a global pandemic and in the face of climate change and ecological collapse, kotahitanga and unity are more imperative now than ever. When the rich and the powerful play war games, it is the poor and the vulnerable who pay the ultimate price. Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine, whose worlds were shattered overnight, who will die defending their homeland, and whose families will bear the burden of this war for generations to come. Our hearts also go out to the working people of Russia, who will be sent to their deaths on the rich man's whim. Their mothers grieve as ours do.