Despite the questioning of who is an aggressor in Ukraine and who the victim, which can be watched in recent days, it is unambiguous according to Czech President Petr Pavel. Ukraine, according to him, wanted to be only a sovereign country and go its way and despite the agreements Russia attacked it. He said this at the Old Town Square in Prague, where several thousand people gathered on Sunday to commemorate the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, TASR reports.
Pavel pointed out that until recently, almost all the Allies had the same view of who is an aggressor in the war in Ukraine, who was the victim and how they should lead the situation to a fair peace. “In recent weeks we have heard different approaches. At best, they can be described as pragmatic, worse than leaving the value principles of the policy that the West has applied in the last decades, ” The president said.
“From what has happened, I think it is clear who is an aggressor who has violated international law and who is a victim on which side we should stand because international law protects us as well,” said Pavel.
According to him, democratic countries should honor the fact that they share democratic values and long -term strategic interests together, and this should not be a recession of a dictator and a retreat of the principles on which today’s world order. “That’s why we will strive to make Europe a stronger voice,” He added that it should be more assertive and not wait for what the United States will come up with. But if he is to play a bigger role, he must be at the meeting table, noted.
The organizers of the shares at Prague’s Old Momestskom SU NGO NGOs People in Need, the Memory of the Nation, thanks that we can, a million moments for democracy and the European Congress of Ukrainians. After the Assembly, the program will continue with a memorial procession to the statue of Ukrainian poet Taras Ševchenko at Prague Smíchov, which is a symbol of their culture and independence for the Ukrainians.
On the occasion of the third anniversary of the invasion, dozens of events are held in many Czech cities. The Putin Gift Initiative also organizes all-day journalistic-Sproda Stream on Sunday, withdrawing money for medical material for the Ukrainian army. Among her guests was the former Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, who said that the statements of US President Donald Trump that Ukraine had no war with Russia are nonsensical lies. On Monday, the anniversary of the invasion will be commemorated by politicians and, for example, a concert called Noise for Ukraine at the Russian Embassy in Prague will take place.
Czech humanitarian organizations reported last week that from the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 supported at least 3.6 million Ukrainians using almost seven billion crowns (almost 280 million euros).
