Russian missiles on Lviv ” are missiles aimed at the whole world, it is the message that Putin is sending you and it is a bell that rings very loudly. It crosses many ‘red lines’, so Europe is at risk. In fact, the world is in danger.” This is what Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, protagonist of the Orange Revolution against Yanukovych’s presidential victory in 2004, said in an interview with La Repubblica to “not only thank him, who is very courageous, but also the Italian government to thank”. . It is an important gesture of support for Ukraine. Everything that happens, starting with the dead in Lviv, can only be interpreted as war crimes. They are indiscriminate bombings. The responsibility lies with Putin, who must be punished for it.
Putin whom Tymoshenko defines as a “barbarian”. I will explain why: Starting a war against a peaceful, democratic and European country like Ukraine is a confirmation of its barbaric nature. He encouraged the elimination of the elderly, women, children. There is no other way to describe that than with the word: barbarian. And fascist. Someone thinks they’re crazy, I don’t think so. He has a cold, rational, cynical mind. And behind his behavior is like a dark core, something that comes from the darkest middle ages. Putin’s goal, he says, “is to conquer all of our territory. So this is the moment of truth: let it be done or stop it. But victory does not only depend on Ukraine. The leaders of the democratic countries must unite against him. The attack was unexpected, the rest of the world was not prepared. I’ll tell you one thing: when I was prime minister, in 2008, Putin attacked Georgia. Many political analysts have warned me: get ready because he wants Ukraine. I thought that was an impossible scenario because there were no disputed areas, there were no problems. I was sure that Ukraine was untouchable. Now it is no more.”
That of the Russian President is therefore “a historic mission. Putin wants to go back to the old borders, not those of the Soviet Union, but those of the Russian Empire. He wants to increase the territory, Ukraine is only the first step. It wants to own and control a significant part of what we call the United States of Europe. In the future it could become a prison for these nations. I know other countries don’t think the same thing can happen to them. But there is a lesson from the past: we didn’t know what was happening to Georgia. So you must learn it immediately. And I remind everyone that before the war Putin said that NATO’s borders had to go back to those of 1997, especially for the Baltic States, ie Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. A real blackmail”.
The first to be “at risk” are “the European countries in the East, the Central and the Baltic States”. The other NATO countries are being forced into a global war. That’s why I say this war affects the whole West. Putin has other goals, the war will spread”. In the meantime ” since the first day of the war, my party and I have decided to remain in Kyiv and to be present in all hotspots of the country. From the start, I have used my international connections to help build an antiPutin coalition. “Patria” is the oldest party in Parliament, we have representatives everywhere, in the towns and in the villages. This enables us to distribute humanitarian aid, food and clothing to even the most dangerous places. And we helped evacuate children and women from the front lines. We support Zelenskyy. Him, the government, the army.”
He speaks of Zelenskyy as “a democratically elected president”. It must be strong and it must be helped. I’m not just talking about Ukrainians, I’m talking about the whole world. This is very important to win. Before the war, as leader of the opposition, I and my group had different views on economic and social policy. We criticized him a lot, including for not doing enough for the armed forces. But when the first rocket fell, we immediately started supporting it. Now there is no opposition, we are one. A group and even a heart”.