Український дух/Ukrainian spirit

  STATEMENT from the members of the NGO "Ukrainian spirit" city of Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 7, 2023 For a sufficient period of time, certain actions of influence aimed at the organization have been taking place by unidentified people, and we consider it necessary to expose such acts to the public using such exposure as a defense against possible next steps. What happened? Intrusive phone calls both day and night, constant interruptions in mobile communication, strange circumstances and actions of unidentified people near personal transport. Phishing attacks and attempts to gain access to the organisation's resources. Such events have been happening for a certain period of time. From our point of view, the above actions are related to the pro-Ukrainian position and activities of the organization. These actions are organized by anti-Ukrainian forces for the purpose of intimidation. In this regard, we would like to state the following. The organisation will continue its op...

During today's manifestation in the center of Gothenburg many people of different nationalities came up to ask questions and express their support and solidarity with Ukraine. We spoke with representatives from Sweden, Estonia, Iran, Thailand who were united by the idea of victory for Ukraine.    One man approached us and shared his childhood memory when Hitler declared war in Europe. In his opinion, today's Russia led by Putin and supported by ordinary Russians is a worse evil than Hitler and the Nazis.   The purpose of today's manifestation in Göteborg is to remind the Swedish community that Russia is a terrorist state and that the victory of Ukraine is the victory of whole Europe.    

  On 21st of April, China's ambassador to France Lu Shaye in a TV interview questioned the sovereignty of the former Soviet Republics answering to the question about status of Ukrainian Crimea [1]. Dark irony is that the statement comes shortly after the French president visited China to do what he does best “macroning” or appeasing a dictator. Given the ambassador statement, recent military “training” near Taiwan and Xi’s call to China’s parliament to prepare for a war, it seems that a mask of kind-hearted China is going to the past. A real face appears though, the face of the country that “reeducates” a million of Uygurs and teaches the world how to honor human rights at the same time [2]. Any similarities with Russia? The situation we are in is the direct consequence of the decades of appeasement of the dictatorships both Russian and Chinese. Instead of a strategy of deterrence towards the countries that pose the threat to the civilized world, many countries pursued an idea of i...