"Putin is the new Hitler" - Russian historian and dissident Alexander Skobov said his final words in the trial today.
Full speech:
"I was raised in the Soviet Union with the conviction that when a malicious and cruel aggressor attacks peaceful people, one must take up arms and fight. And if you cannot hold a weapon yourself, you must help those who fight and encourage others to do so.
All my publicistic activity is a call to fight the aggressor who attacked Ukraine, to support Ukraine with weapons and ammunition. I consider myself a participant in the armed resistance against the aggressor. In the missiles and shells that destroy the invaders, there is a small contribution from me. And I take responsibility for every eliminated occupier.
No one attacked Russia, no one threatened it. It is Putin’s Nazi regime that attacked Ukraine, driven solely by the delusions of grandeur of its leaders and their inhuman lust for power over everyone around them.
They assert themselves by killing hundreds of thousands of people. They are degenerates, scum, Nazi filth.
The guilt of Putin's Nazi dictatorship in preparing, unleashing, and waging an aggressive war is obvious and needs no proof. Likewise, our right to armed resistance against the aggressor on the battlefield and in the aggressor's rear needs no justification. Indeed, it would be laughable to expect such acknowledgment from a regime that imprisons people merely for verbally condemning its aggression. All possibilities for legal protest against Putin's aggression have been eradicated.
My calls for armed resistance against the aggressor’s regime are classified under terrorism charges. I will not argue with the aggressor's authorities, even if they decide to classify my actions under charges of pedophilia. The court in Russia has long proven itself to be an appendage of Nazi tyranny, and seeking justice there is meaningless. I will never bow before these people – accomplices of murderers and scoundrels. I have nothing to discuss with them. Let the cannons speak for me.
I see no point in arguing with the dictatorship’s puppets about how faithfully they apply their laws. These are, in any case, the laws of a totalitarian state aimed at suppressing dissent. I do not recognize these laws and will not obey them.
I also will not appeal against any decisions or actions of the representatives of the Nazi regime. I do not seek mercy from my armed enemy.
The Putin dictatorship may kill me, but it cannot force me to abandon my fight against it. Wherever I may be, I will continue to call on honest Russians to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I will continue to advocate for strikes on military targets deep within Russian territory. I will call on the civilized world to inflict a strategic defeat on Nazi Russia. I will argue for the necessity of the military destruction of the regime of the new Hitler.
Putin is the new Hitler, intoxicated by impunity, a ghoul drunk on blood. And I will not tire of repeating: “Crush the serpent!”
Death to Putin, the murderer, tyrant, and scoundrel! Death to the Russian-fascist invaders! Glory to Ukraine!"
"Stop speculating, from any capital of the world, about the possible loss of Ukraine, it has nothing to do with the facts," - Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland during his meeting with President Zelensky in Lviv today.
"I am convinced that more and more people in the world understand that this is the mission of every civilized nation today to support Ukraine in this heroic battle," the PM said.
"Today, Poland and Ukraine are united by a common geopolitical interest, but also by such a deep sense of justice," he added.
"We all have to support Ukraine at this moment more than ever before, so that the peace we are all waiting for – no one wants peace more than Ukraine, we know it; and in the EU no one wants peace more than Poland, for similar reasons.", Tusk said.
🇷🇴Far-right Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has announced that if elected, he will ban the transit of Ukrainian grain and halt military aid to Ukraine.
Georgescu emphasized that his top priority is the Romanian people, stating, “I cannot imagine a situation where there is a war next to Romania, in the middle of Europe.”
Additionally, he questioned the effectiveness of EU funds allocated to Romania’s economy and development.
“Have EU funds helped us? Are we dependent on EU funds? Can’t our country produce? Don’t we have other investors? There is money everywhere in this world, let me tell you,” Georgescu remarked.
It is worth noting that the Constitutional Court of Romania has validated the results of the first round of presidential elections, which saw far-right politician Călin Georgescu and pro-European candidate Elena Lasconi advancing to the runoff.
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