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Chris Alexander is a former deputy head of mission of the Canadian embassy in Moscow and a former Canadian cabinet minister. He is currently a distinguished fellow of the Canadian International Council and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. It was just a few words in Normandy between a 99-year-old veteran and a wartime leader. “You’re the saviour of the people,” said retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant Melvin Hurwitz. “No, no: you saved Europe,” replied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Two Jewish men, born worlds apart, grasp a simple truth: 80 years after D-Day, the fight for freedom is now on Ukraine’s shoulders....