Ukraine

For a little over 2 years, I am advising Biopharma Plasma, a company in Ukraine. The company has built a state if the art fractionation plant in Bila Tserkva, approximately 70 kilometers away from the capital Kyiv. In addition, the company has built a network of plasma collection centers and is demonstrating that it is possible to build a successful company if you have commitment and resources,

Because of this activity I have been able to travel to Ukraine around 10 times and have learned a lot about the country and its population. I normally stay in the same hotel that CNN is using when they report from Kyiv. You can see the square with the golden domes of a very important orthodox church. The church is surrounded with a wall that has pictures of fallen Ukrainian soldiers.

I have met multiple hard-working professionals who are interested to support their country with the quality therapies that they are able to produce. These therapies go to patients in a part of the world that are insufficiently supplied by the bigger companies for multiple reasons that I do not go into today.

I want to express my deepest support for the population of Ukraine who are now suffering because of the desire of a despot who wants to undo several decades of history.

At the same tIme, I am disgusted by the lack of real support from the world. I have seen a row of government leaders coming to express their support for Ukraine. However, it is only words and no deeds. The Ukrainian people is in their own when it comes to actual fighting. Yes, I understand the Rules of Engagement of NATO but I also understand that talking about not putting troops on the ground, was an open invitation to Putin to go ahead.

It is not only NATO that has its principles. Have we forgotten the enormous discussion in Europe about Ukraine being allowed to enter into the European Union? I am convinced that the situation would have been different if Ukraine had become a member.

Now we must witness the desperation of families being split, women and children leaving the country to go to Europe while their husbands stay behind to defend and help the country. Most disturbing is that already many innocent people have lost their lives.

The Biopharma Executives are working to produce albumin that is supplied to the Red Cross for wounded soldiers.

AND WE SIT IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION AND WATCH IT WHILE IT HAPPENS BEFORE OUR EYES.