🧵1/5 Have you had a dream that you told yourself would be nice if it came true? I had one. I wanted to see my favorite hockey player play live just once in my life. That was all. Nothing more, nothing less. I didn't make it, but I wasn't disappointed.
Today marks exactly four years since Putin started his three-day push to take Kyiv. And that says a great deal about our resistance, about how Ukraine has fought all this time. Behind those words stand millions of our people, immense courage, incredibly hard work, endurance, and the long path Ukraine has been pursuing since February 24.
Looking back at the beginning of the invasion and reflecting on today, we have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood; Putin has not achieved his goals. He has not broken Ukrainians; he has not won this war. We have preserved Ukraine, and we will do everything to secure peace and justice. Glory to Ukraine!
⚡️🇵🇱🇷🇺 Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski at the UN Security Council meeting:
"To the representatives of Russia, I have this to say: we know you don't care for the international law and you're incapable of living in peace with your neighbours. Your insane nationalism contains a lust for domination that will not cease until you realize that the age of empires is over, and that your empire will not be rebuilt. Every drone strike by the heroes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - may God bless them - brings this day closer. Your 'three-day Special Military Operation' can't even conquer Donbas for ten years now. But the potential for criminal, catastrophic Russian mistakes is still there. By ordering mobilization in 1914, you precipitated the start of World War I, which bleed Europe white, and led to your Bolshevik revolution. By signing the Hitler-Stalin pact, you helped launch World War II - the bloodiest in history. By sovietising central Europe, you caused the Cold War. Don't start another one. We are peaceful democracies, who have studiously avoided actively joining your attempt to re-conquer Ukraine. But we will not be intimidated. I have only one request to the Russian government: if another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission - deliberately or 'by mistake' - and gets shot down, and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned. Thank you."
A single player can completely change a franchise's fortunes for the better. This series takes a look at some of the most impactful offseason signings in NHL history. #NHLStats
Signed and Delivered: Martin St. Louis to the @TBLightning.