"It's about undermining our part of Europe. It wants to steal the West back into its world of tyranny and disorder," the Czech minister stated.Ukraine's defeat will supply Russia with new resources and open the door to other wars in Central and Eastern Europe. The fate of Europe is being decided today, said Lipavský.
"If we allow Russia to destroy Ukraine, if its aggression goes unpunished, other predators around the world will follow this example," he suggested.He reminded that today, the same tanks are killing people in Ukraine, which the parents and grandparents of the same generation saw on the streets of Budapest and Prague.
"The situation is changing while Russia's imperial cruelty continues. Like in 1956, 1968, or 1981, Russian rulers believe they are the only ones who decide the fate of nations within their reach. As before, Moscow knows only one way to deal with those who resist it – to crush them," claimed Lipavský.He noted that Russian imperial ambitions know no bounds unless they are constrained. He recalled the words of former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, "The problem with Russia for many centuries has been that it doesn't know exactly where it begins and where it ends." If allowed, Russia would unhesitatingly encroach upon the former "Eastern Bloc" territories. After two years of Russian aggression, the war in Ukraine has evolved into a war of attrition.
"It is a critical moment! We must prioritize Ukraine's defensive needs and intensify pressure on Russia and its allies through sanctions. We must persist in proactive and judicious multilateral diplomacy," he said.His claims came as Hungary is preparing to take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, during which time the country needed to find ways to counter Russian aggression against the West. Earlier, the Czech government launched an initiative to procure ammunition for Ukraine. Prague claimed to have found 800 thousand pieces of ammo, which later rose to over a million, with 500 thousand already being acquired. Read also:
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