I am grateful for the enhanced partnership status for Ukraine, received in Oslo. This status already opens the door to practical cooperation – like taking part in the TARASSIS exercise. We are ready to move forward, bringing our experience and capabilities to make the JEF community even stronger. Our goal is simple and clear – Ukraine is ready to become a full-fledged member of the JEF.
From an address to the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Helsinki (2/3).
In Europe, we must have full capacity to produce all types of air defense systems and missiles for them. This includes protection against drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic threats.
We cannot rely on other partners’ industries. We must be confident in our own industry here in Europe. Please, let’s keep moving this work forward and speed it up.
And while we are building this capacity, please remember that we need protection from Russian missiles every single day. I am grateful to those of you who actively support us through the PURL program – it’s critically important.
From an address to the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Helsinki (3/3).
This is a big mistake to allow the aggressor to take something. It was a big mistake at the very beginning, starting with 2014. And even before that, during the attack and occupation of parts of Georgia. And even before that, when Chechnya was occupied, with total destruction and one million casualties – both killed and wounded.
Many mistakes were made. That's why now I don't want to be the President who will repeat the mistakes made by my predecessors or other people. I'm not just speaking about Ukraine. I'm speaking about the leaders of different countries that allowed an aggressive country like Russia to come onto their territory.
Because you can't stop Putin with your kisses or flowers. I never did it and that's why I don’t feel that it's the right way. My advice to everybody – don’t do that with Putin.
Otherwise, there will be a first step, then in five years, he will rebuild his military, increase the number of soldiers, his army will be well trained. Because he has lost a lot of well-trained people. He is losing 30–35 thousand people per month now.
Can you imagine this in the 21st century? Can you imagine – he’s losing 35,000 each month? I'm not sure that he knows about it.
💌 Letter to the Politicians of the World
Hello! My name is Ukraine. When I was 3 years old, men in expensive suits came to me. They put me on their laps, patted my head and said: “Don’t cry, little one, we’ll take care of everything for you.” Then they turned my pockets inside out, took every last penny, forcibly took the entire inheritance my parents had built. They took all our money, destroyed all my property, took every weapon my dad had hidden under the bed “for a rainy day,”
and hung a sign on the door: “We will protect you. Signed: USA, Great Britain, Russia.”
I believed them. I was little.
Now I am 34. I am naked, soaked with rain and blood, standing among ruins. My neighbour, the same man who patted my head 30 years ago, burst into my home with a knife, an assault rifle and a maniacal smile. He tore my clothes off me, trying to rape me while shouting: “You’re mine, historically!”
I called those men in expensive suits who had guaranteed my protection, I called the police. I screamed into the phone: “Help! You promised!”
They didn’t help…
I screamed to the neighbours, begged for help, at least with weapons. Some neighbours (Germany, France) brought me a toy pistol and said: “Here, hold on, but don’t shoot too much, it’s expensive.” Some neighbours (Hungary, Slovakia) brought beer to my rapist and shouted to him: “Go on, take her, she’s asking for it!”
And the whole of Europe continues to supply the attacker with food and clothing so that he doesn’t accidentally go hungry or catch a cold while trying to kill me. They even pay his utilities for him, because he’s busy and can’t pay himself, and if they cut off his electricity, water or gas, that would be a catastrophe, inhumane. It’s not good for him to stop trying to kill me, after all, he’s a busy man, let him keep trying. It’s not scary if he keeps trying. What’s scary is if he loses to me. That’s why he must not be allowed to lose. That’s exactly what they said, word for word, those same men in expensive suits said.
The attacker is also helped by other neighbours (North Korea). No one helps me. I am alone against many.
But I did not surrender, I fought. This did not please neighbours like Hungary. They declared that my noise was preventing them from sleeping and called on all neighbours not to help me, because the sooner the attacker kills me, the sooner everything will end, and it is in Hungary’s interest that I stop resisting and die as quickly as possible.
Those same men who took everything from me in childhood came to me again. Now they shout at me: “Stop resisting! Lie down and spread your legs! Otherwise we’ll turn off your lights, cut off your gas and help him finish you off even faster!”
They have already drawn up a paper, 28 points:
It says: give him Crimea (that’s my bedroom), give him Donbas (that’s my kitchen), give him all your property and let him fuck you whenever he wants. And don’t you dare join any organisations or clubs. You will no longer be able to live freely, walk freely or dress as you wish. And from now on you will cook for yourself and for the attacker at your own expense (Zaporizhzhia NPP).
And sign that you wanted it yourself.
In return they promise… nothing. The same guarantees as before, only even weaker.
For this they have issued an invoice: “for mediation, 61 billion dollars + interest.”
And they are asking for the Nobel Peace Prize and other medals for my “rescue” or conflict settlement.
Right now one of them, one of these men in expensive suits, has come to me. He is holding a rope in his hand and demanding that I let him tie me up. If I refuse, they threaten to block any help to me and help kill me, they promise to prevent me from having any possibility to defend myself.
And here I stand, naked, in the blue-and-yellow scraps of what was once a gorgeous dress, now destroyed by these men in expensive suits. Not only by the attacker, of course, all of them are accomplices. I fight and I cannot surrender. Surrender is the same death, only in shame.
They don’t understand this. They don’t know what honour or morality is. For them it doesn’t exist, for them it’s just an illusion, words for manipulation and nothing more. For them only money exists and nothing beyond the material. Even old age has not brought them wisdom. They do not realise that they will take nothing with them after death. They do not understand that they will go down in history on the pages of shame, if they go down at all. That is why they will never understand how one unarmed girl can resist armed grown men. They won’t understand where I get the strength, why I don’t give up, because it is beyond their comprehension, they simply cannot step outside their templates and therefore belittle and simplify everything to fit their patterns.
How are you better than the Nazis or the communists? How are people in the 21st century better than savages? Not at all! They are just as indifferent to other people’s deaths…
But you know what? I still won’t surrender! Even without a home, even in darkness, cold, without clothes and weapons I will continue to fight. I will continue to fight even if these expensive men tie me up and receive the Nobel Peace Prize or other medals for it. Even if I die, I will die standing, not on my knees like they are used to living. And my honour is real, unlike their self-proclaimed titles and fake awards. They have money, I don’t. But I have something that cannot be bought, something they will never have.
With these words I end my letter to the politicians of this sick world.
With love and hatred,
Ukraine.
34 years old.
Still alive.
@WhiteHouse@POTUS@VP@SecRubio@generalkellogg@kajakallas@ZelenskyyUa@EmmanuelMacron@bundeskanzler@donaldtusk@sikorskiradek
BREAKING: After Trump's disgraceful actions at the WH today with President Zelensky major world players just came out to defend Ukraine and Zelensky:
- Donald Trump and JD Vance: You never thank us... waa waa waa.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “Dear Zelensky, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.”
- President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausea: “Ukraine, you’ll never walk alone.”
- Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: “Dear Zelensky, Denmark proudly stands with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”
- French President Emmanual Macron: “There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a people being aggressed: Ukraine. We were all right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago and to continue doing so. We, that’s the Americans, the Europeans, Canadians, Japanese, and many others. Thank you to all those who have helped and continue to do so. And respect to those who, from the beginning, have been fighting. Because they are fighting for their dignity, their independence, for their children, and for the security of Europe.”
- President of Moldova Maia Sandu: “The truth is simple. Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor. Ukraine defends its freedom—and ours. We stand with Ukraine.”
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson: “Sweden stands with Ukraine. You are not only fighting for your freedom but also for all of Europe’s. Slava Ukraini! ”
- Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Mer: “Dear Volodymyr @zelenskyyua, we stand with #Ukraine in good and in testing times. We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war. (FM)”
- Crotia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković: “Croatia knows from its own experience that only a just peace can last. The Croatian Government stands firm in its belief that Ukraine needs such a peace - a peace that means sovereignty, territorial integrity, and a secure Europe.”
- Finland’s Prime Minister @PetteriOrpo: “Finland and the Finnish people stand firmly with Ukraine. We will continue our unwavering support and work towards a just and lasting peace.”
- Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal: “We stand united with @ZelenskyyUa and Ukraine in our fight for freedom. Always. Because it is right, not easy.”
- Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris: “Ukraine is not to blame for this war brought about by Russia’s illegal invasion. We stand with Ukraine.“
- Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkevics: “Ukraine is a victim of the Russian aggression. It fights the war with the help from many friends and partners. We need to spare no effort for just and lasting peace. Diplomacy sometimes is the art of the impossible in difficult circumstances. Latvia stands with Ukraine”
- Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof: ”The Netherlands supports Ukraine as firmly as ever. Now more than ever. We want a lasting peace and an end to the war of aggression started by Russia. For Ukraine and its people, and for Europe.”
- Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Friedsen: “Luxembourg stands with Ukraine. You are fighting for your freedom and a rules based international order. ”
The West stands with the heroic Zelensky. Trump sides with the evil Putin. What has America become?
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Technological defense solutions in the sky of Israel have clearly proven that it is possible to provide absolute passive protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure against any number of missiles/drones used by #Iran and #Russia. I emphasize - against any number. And most importantly, it is "passive defense", that is used without attacking the territory of the aggressor countries.
From now on, the relevant and literally screaming question is: why can't this same "passive defense" be provided in the sky of #Ukraine?
Why should the mass daily murdering of civilians in Ukraine by Russian missiles be perceived differently from the attempted murdering of civilians by Iranian missiles?
Why is the same action of an aggressor (Iran and Russia) attacking sovereign territories of other countries with the same type of drones perceived differently? Should the same war crime receive two mutually exclusive legal explanations? In the first case - shoot down all drones/missiles as weapons of criminals; in the second case - just watch how criminals' weapons kill innocent people?
I will repeat. #Russia does not need peace, agreements, or war. Russia needs an immediate operational pause, fake "negotiations" to gain a foothold in the occupied territories, rebuild the army, carry out #mobilization, organize several frightening provocations in #Europe (thus reducing support for #Ukraine), and most importantly – to preserve itself as the ruling elite in Russia itself...
Therefore, stop showing political infantilism, mentioning possible "political-diplomatic formats of conflict settlement." It is not a conflict at all, but the full-scale war, where the aggressor must necessarily lose. The only guarantee for complete peace and de-escalation is weapons, weapons and more weapons for Ukraine. This is the reality.
The criminal always returns to the crime scene. As the civilized world announces the arrest of the "war director" (VV Putin) in case of crossing its borders, the murderer of thousands of Mariupol families came to admire the ruins of the city & graves. Cynicism & lack of remorse.
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We've coordinated steps with President of Poland @AndrzejDuda. We will work on consolidating international support, strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, restoring the destroyed, as well as increasing Russia's isolation.
Massive shelling of Ukrainian cities is a large-scale live war crime and a no-rules war.
There is only one possible answer:
– Air/missile defense systems for Ukraine
– Expulsion of RF from all international stands
– Special tribunal, immediate arrest warrants of ru-authorities