Vladimir Putin is seeking to overturn the Western dominated world order. He earnestly believes that Western power is declining, and he is the one to steer its demise...
21 March 2022 — Roman Sohn, Ariana Gic, Hanna Hopko
This order is binding. Further waging of war by the Kremlin, is not just a breach of international law but a violation of the decision of one key judicial bodies in the world.
One may think that ordinary people are ready to give up to save a life. But we aren't. The opinion poll held last week confirmed "NO" to Russian demands.
12 March 2022 — Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda, for Berlingske
This is a matter of national life or death. Her final words were: "I respectfully urge the court to issue your order with utmost urgency. We are in your hands."
It is not the first such declaration in history. A similar one was signed during the Second World War, which subsequently resulted in the Nuremberg trials where Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes.
I write this with a loud airborne alert in Kyiv, but I don't leave to the shelter. Amazing how quickly people are used to the new danger – I hardly react to sirens unless I hear blasts nearby.
The world will be a different place after this war. It will be a different Ukraine, it will be a different European Union. Even Russia will be different.
3 March 2022 — Andrius Kubilius, Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament
The entire population united to resist the invasion. Ukrainian moral was high, they supported their army and their government. They were proud and defiant.
2 March 2022 — Daniel Newell, an American who lived in Ukraine until the Russian invasion