Speaking via video link to French students at the Paris School of Political Science (Sciences Po), President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked why no world institution was able to prevent the war in Ukraine. In fact, he likened Ukraine’s relationship with Europe to that of a man and a woman who, despite promises, never marry.
“For years, Europe feared Ukraine’s accession to the NATO because if a war broke out with Russia everyone said they had to fight against it. Against Russia? I would say fight for Ukraine. Is that not the reason for NATO? There is a question. Aren’t they all for one?The Ukrainian president said, among other things
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said that after a victorious first stage, Ukraine is now entering the next phase of the war, as the enemy has failed to achieve its goals.
More than 12 villages east of Kharkov have been liberated by the Ukrainian army since early May, according to Kyiv.
“After the heroic defense of Kiev and the areas around Kyiv, the war is essentially entering the next phase, as the enemy is forced to set new targets and implement different tactics and strategy in the war with Ukraine,” said Hanna Maliar.
At the same time, Moscow says pro-Russian separatists have advanced as far as the Luhansk border in the east of the country.
According to the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the small town of Popasna, where fierce fighting was taking place, was cleared by the Ukrainian forces.
Russia has said its goal is to oust the entire Luhansk region from Ukrainian forces.
The Russians have destroyed more than 200 museums and cultural monuments
Last week, the house and museum of 18th-century Ukrainian poet and philosopher Khychor Skovoroda in Kharkov were destroyed by Russian artillery.
The news was announced by Volodymyr Zelensky himself in one of his daily videotaped messages.
Zelensky said of Zkovoroda that he was the one who “taught people what true Christian life means and how one can truly know oneself.” “It seems that museums, the Christian worldview and self-knowledge are things that threaten modern Russia,” he added.
Zelensky said in the same message that Russian forces had inflicted heavy damage or completely destroyed 200 cultural monuments since the day the invasion of Ukraine began. Among them are the Quincy Art Museum and the Holocaust Memorial in Babi Yar.
Ukrainian officials also claim that more than 2,000 works of art have been stolen from the Russians in Mariupol.
The attack on Skovoronta’s house and museum, located in a small village with no military interest outside Kharkov, meant for the Ukrainians that it was a targeted strike, part of a larger plan to strike at the country’s history and culture.
The attack is reminiscent of the one at the monument to Taras Shevchenko, the “father” of the modern Ukrainian language. The monument is located in the small town of Borodyanka, outside Kyiv, and according to CNNi, was hit by bullets by Russian soldiers when he was in the area.
Last February, Russian soldiers set fire to the Museum of Local History in the city of Ivankiv, two hours north of Kiev. The attack lost 25 paintings by the famous self-taught Ukrainian painter Maria Primachenko.
“Targeted attacks on museums are something that even terrorists would not think about,” Zelensky said.
In a Telegram post, Kharkiv Governor Olekh Siniehubov wrote: “They can destroy the Skovoroda Museum, but they can not destroy our memories and our values.”
Source: News Beast
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