Klitschko brothers: ‘The war is not far away’ | – #Klitschko #brothers #war
For ten years, he has maintained his dominance in heavyweight boxing in the world Vitaly and Volodymyr Klitschko his brothers of Ukraine they play the role of ambassadors to the world.
51-year-old Vitaly 20In 05 political started his career Russia A few months after the invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014, he became the mayor of the capital Kyiv. Ten years after the start of the conflict, a year after the start of the full-scale war, Vitali Klitschko is still Kyiv is the mayor.
Although 46-year-old Volodymyr appealed to the people during the 2014 protests, he stayed out of formal politics. Instead, he excelled in all areas Ukraine used his reputation for And in February 2022, as a reservist Ukraine He joined the Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces.
The brothers gave an interview to the Georgian service of RFE/RL while attending the Munich Security Conference last weekend. By the way, Russia President Vladimir Putin At one time, he denied the world order that emerged after the Cold War in this prestigious event. At this year’s conference, many discussions revolved around Putin’s war in Ukraine.
“There are clear rules in sports; If you break the rules, you will be disqualified. This war has no rules. Civilians, women, children, old people are killed for no reason. Its purpose is to destroy the normal life of peaceful people, to destroy houses and other civilian buildings. They tell the Russians that this is a “special operation”. At the same time, they are destroying cities, villages, and the lives of millions. Therefore, it is not correct to compare war and sport.
But in sports and in this war, there is one thing in common: the spirit, the determination to win. We too Ukraine we are witnessing the determination and spirit of the people to win. We see how high the mood of the Ukrainian people is. …Many experts in the world believe that we have the second strongest army in the world, Russia they had set aside a few days or a few weeks to continue in front of their army. If, in addition to spirit and determination, we Ukrainians have modern weapons, we will be more successful and this will save the lives of many of our patriots,” says Vitali Klitschko.
“It would be the biggest mistake to think that the war is far away and does not touch you personally. This war has touched everyone in Ukraine, it has touched millions of people in Europe, and if the Russians are allowed to go this far, this war will touch everyone. They only respect power.
…Putin presents himself as a collector of former Russian property. They are independent of Ukraine they talk about non-existence. Right now they are talking about Poland as a property of Russia, right now they are talking about the Baltic countries. I want to say to the Germans that … do not forget that a large part of Germany was part of the Soviet empire and Putin he was a KGB agent there. If we were weak, they could go so far as to rebuild the Soviet empire. This is their main goal. We are not only protecting our homes, if we have the same values, we are protecting you, the Germans,” he said.
“Putin’s Russia wants to own Ukraine. He does not need Ukrainians. This is what their propaganda says: the Ukrainian nation was created, it did not exist from the beginning, we Ukrainians are a mistake of history. We also heard from the Third Reich in the 1930s that if you want to destroy a nation, you must erase its history. This is what Russia is doing – trying to erase our history, our museums, our language. By the way, I use Ukrainian more now, even though Ukrainian is not my mother tongue. But language is one of the important tools of a nation. And Russia is trying to completely rewrite history,” says Volodymyr Klitschko.
There is a proverb in German: “A lie has short legs.” He can’t go very far. But, unfortunately, I realized that the Russian regime, with its lies and what it told the Russian people – the Ukrainians, free the world and NATOby blaming, behaving as if someone wants to attack them, etc. – They created an image of evil in the minds of the Russian people. In general, if you can buy information if it is limited, you will begin to believe in things that do not exist. And it’s massive. It is generally done by the media – print media, radio, television – but also by priests and religion. So I think that free a person who has access to the media and the Internet has an understanding of the world… Propaganda has gone so far that people are not even capable of thinking clearly.
Fear also forces them to close their mouths tightly. Or it is not fear at all; fear is a healthy thing. This is cowardice in the face of the possibility that their own people will rise up against the regime, or do what they should do, … not go to Ukraine and kill Ukrainians, but simply oppose it. And I think that’s cowardice. Cowardice is the worst character a person can have,” Volodymyr Klitschko adds.
He said the following about the post-war plans: “Currently [işlər] it’s not easy. However of Ukraine it will not be easy even after the victory. Now we think about survival. Then we will think about creation – new life, new opportunities in life, new defense, new government, … new democracy”.