The head of Memorial, a Russian non-governmental organization that won the Nobel Peace Prize, this Saturday (10) denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “meaningless and murderous war” in Ukraine as he received the prestigious honor in Oslo. activist and a Ukrainian organization.
In his acceptance speech, Yan Rachinski said that under Putin’s presidency, “resistance to Russia means fascism” is a distortion that gives “ideological justification for the senseless and murderous war of aggression against Ukraine.”
There is no peace by ‘laying down arms’
olesandra matviichuk, The director of the Ukrainian NGO CCL (Centre for Civil Liberties), which also won the Nobel Peace Prize, evaluated this Saturday (10) that peace in Ukraine cannot be achieved by “laying down arms” against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
“The Ukrainian people want peace more than anyone else in the world,” he said. “But for an attacked country, peace cannot be achieved by laying down arms. This would not be peace, it would be an invasion.”
source: Noticias
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