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"The president’s presentation of the withdrawal of the army on the region of the contact line near Stanytsia Luhanska as a successful example of such a withdrawal on 01.10.2019 doesn't correspond to reality, as representatives of the Russian Federation's occupation administration did not implement a single demand of the Trilateral contact group and the life and safety of the residents of that settlement are in serious danger."Also in Lviv, the opening of a "Headquarters of defense of Ukraine" was announced on 2 October. The chief of staff of the Ukrainian National Corps political party Sviatoslav Siryi told that the headquarters would promptly react to situations in the city and coordinate transport of activists to Kyiv if there will be such a need.
Movement against capitulation
As well, a movement against capitulation has been launched, with the signatories including Volodymyr Vasylenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, former political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh, Soviet dissident Iosif Zissels, honorary president of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Viacheslav Bryukhovetskyi, prominent Ukrainian political scientists and activists."...resistance to the capitulatory actions of today's authorities requires uniting and mobilizing efforts of the entire Ukrainian society, every Ukrainian worldwide, all of our allies. To do this, it is necessary to unite in a broad movement against the surrender of Ukraine, which would unite all indifferent people. To this end, we are initiating the launch of the MOVEMENT of RESISTANCE TO CAPITULATION network. ...
We call on all state forces - in the Verkhovna Rada and outside the Parliament - to consolidate their efforts and avoid fighting. Now we must unite in one task - to warn the President of Ukraine of humiliating defeat.
The attainment of true peace, not of shame, cannot be accomplished on the basis of 'formulas' and 'agreements' that contradict the Constitution, the principles of international law, and the national interests of Ukraine. Our demands and proposals to Volodymyr Zelenskyy were made public in the “We will not allow capitulation!” petition dated September 17 this year. It is not too late.
We do not understand how peace can be reached with Russia, which does not want this peace. Instead, it tries to force us to accept conditions that destroy Ukrainian statehood," says the appeal of the movement.
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