Commentary Chicken Kiev may be a popular dish but as the world has learned in recent days, the word “chicken” does not describe the people of Kiev (often spelled Kyiv by Ukrainians). Far from it. The courage of Ukrainians in the face of Moscow’s vile military invasion is the stuff of legend already. We will be admiring it for many years to come, regardless of the outcome of this tragic episode in European history. “The past few days have seen a spate of videos showing Ukrainians and their president defying an onslaught of Russian aggression,” writes Miles Pattenden, a historian at the Australian Catholic University, in The Conversation. “Who could fail to be moved by the video of a Ukrainian woman confronting an armed and jackbooted [Russian] soldier, telling him to put sunflower seeds in his pockets so at least sunflowers will grow where he dies?” The title of Pattenden’s article is very revealing: …