The world is still under a painful impression of a massive missile attack that Russia subjected to Ukraine and, at the same time, in anxious expectation of the use of tactical nuclear weapons against this country. At the same time, partial mobilization declared by Russia may, according to the world expert community, cause a protracted nature of military operations in Ukraine.
What will the West take in the situation? How and when will the countries of the Western coalition be able to stop the military aggression of Russia?
Last week, a video general of journalist Eyulla Fatullaev with the former Minister of Defense of Lithuania, deputy of the European Parliament Rasa Yuknyavichene, took place.
We present to the attention of readers haqqin.az the printed version of the interview.
– Hello, race!
– Hello, Einulla!
– I must say that in comparison with the countries of the old Western democracy, the Baltic States and Poland show a much more fundamental position in relation to the Ukrainian issue, acting as supporters of decisive and even radical measures. What is it connected with? The wounds of the Soviet occupation period make themselves felt?
– No, we have been ill with this “disease” for a long time, all our thoughts are directed into the future. Naturally, it is impossible to underestimate the past, it is very important to know your history and remember the crimes of the Soviet system committed in the Stalin and even in Gorbachev times, which affected your country, Eyulla. And not only to remember, but also to do everything so that people responsible for this bear a fair punishment. So, precisely because we know our history well, all our thoughts are about the future. And we are not at all radicals, but simply want such terrible regimes as Putinsky, which I and many in Lithuania consider something to be something between the Stalinist dictatorship and Hitler’s totalitarianism, would not exist on the European continent.
And in order to do this, it is necessary to help Ukraine win. It should be understood that today is not the West on the front line, but the Ukrainian people who fight for their freedom. And this, of course, is very important for my country. I was the Minister of Defense of Lithuania from 2008 to 2012. But even then, before the annexation of Crimea, Putin’s missiles were sent to my country. Today, Ukraine saves not only the countries of Eastern Europe from the Russian blitzkrieg, it, paradoxically, helps even Russia – helps it become another country in the future. Moreover, this applies to the whole space, which some still call “post -Soviet”. That is why we are taking a position on the right flank. Not radical, but the one that we consider the only correct one that today helps Ukraine to hold on, and in the end will help to win.