Apr 02 2024 3 mins 21
April 2nd 2024
Yuriy delves into the historical context of Ukraine's struggle for freedom and emphasizes the human cost of political decisions. He also advocates for standing against tyranny and supporting conscious democratic principles.
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It is April 2nd.
The world fears Ukraine because it doesn't fully understand who we are. Due to this lack of understanding, during the collapse of USSR, US President George Bush Senior flew to Kyiv to persuade Ukrainians not to attempt to create an independent country, to remain subordinate. To Moscow to agree to the continuation of occupation. In 1994, the US, UK and Russia persuaded Ukraine to give up all its nuclear weapons. By the way, it was the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world. In exchange Ukraine was promised respect for its serenity and inviolability of its borders. And you know what this guarantor countries should do? If someone threatens this inviolability and serenity? They should hold consultations. Consultations, damn it. And when one of guarantor countries went to war against Ukraine 10 years ago, the other two started consultations. And we've been consulting for 10 years. While people are being killed and tortured while cities are being bombed.
The world fears Ukraine's victory because it does not know what will happen with Russia after this victory. Maybe it'll disintegrate into dozens of states, each of which will receive part of a nuclear weapons arsenal. Maybe a new Putin will come- more insane and anti-Western than the one we have now. They've already gotten used to this; they continue doing business as usual with him. The west seems to think we can still find a compromise with him. The ancestors of war who seek compromise with Putin, I'm sure are crying bitter tears in the after life because way too could have compromised with Hitler, with Hirohito, not die somewhere on Guadalcanal, not drawn off Omaha Beach but just come to an agreement. But they did not agree to that. Not because they weren't afraid- I'm sure we were scared to death- but because there are things you have to do even when your hands are shaken with fear.
And they overcame their fear and did what they still grateful for, and will be grateful for the centuries- they defended freedom, destroyed tyrants, and gave hope for the future. Their descendants are now carefully counting the bullets they sent to Ukraine to make sure there won't be enough to destroy the entire Russian army, so that 100% won't pose a threat to Putin's regime. They belittle the memory of those who fought against evil, those who did not compromise, those who knew the price of freedom. And this price is not measured in dollars per gallon of gasoline, not in Euros per cubic meter of gas. It is measured in human lives.
And anyone who says it's better to compromise with Putin so that gasoline and gas prices don't rise, so that business can continue as usual is actually saying "let the Russians kill and torture Ukrainians, as long as I have money." Such a person is a criminal and accomplice of occupiers and enemy of freedom. The world must stop seeking understanding with Putin and start seeking understanding with conscious and democratic principles. And they both say the same thing. Death to tyrants.
