"Putin really, really won't change. Whoever thinks so is dreaming. Europe must change and find reliable companions." Karel Mrzílek (2014)
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"Russia will always cause problems with its policies. The only thing it understands is violence. No one can get along with it the easy way. 1939: annexation of eastern Poland in cooperation with the Germans, Katyn, 1957 invasion of Hungary, 1968 Czechoslovakia, 2013, 2014 Ukraine." Jan Herna (2014)
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgina Meloni could not have said it better in the name of preserving freedom and democracy. A fascinating response from the real boss, to calls from Italian "desolates" to stop sending arms to the Ukrainians: "Is it better to live under a dictatorship than to die? No, people should live in freedom."
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a law establishing Ukraine's Statehood Day on 28 July. This is a new national holiday, which is celebrated on the day of the baptism of Kievan Rus - Ukraine. The holiday draws attention to the fact that Ukrainian statehood is more than 1,000 years old. The concept of Ukrainian Statehood Day is based on the idea of uniting Ukrainians across centuries and generations.
Freedom has never been free. Those who do nothing for it become slaves. JŠ
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