Who looks better with the horse? President Putin in his stable, a few hours after his cruise missile destroyed Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, Okhmatdyt? Or my son, George, pausing from leading Mopsy the pony on Wednesday?

Thanks to midnight surgery at Okhmatdyt after an accidental fall three years ago in Kyiv, George now has full use of both arms and what was a broken elbow. In the days after the three hours of surgery, I would roll George, then 5 years old, through the well-tended gardens of Okhmatdyt. In Kyiv’s summer heat, we sought out  fresh air, sunshine, and flowers — a respite from erratic air conditioning in a state-run hospital.