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‘We Will Overcome the Winter’: In Speech, Ukraine’s Zelensky Draws Parallels Between Second World War Horrors, Current Crisis

Volodymyr Zelensky

Globe and Mail, May 8, 2022

“They all fall asleep, not knowing that not everyone will wake up.”

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video statement on the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation.

Can spring be black and white? Is there eternal February? Are golden words devalued? Unfortunately, Ukraine knows the answers to all these questions. Unfortunately, the answers are “yes.”

Every year on May 8, together with the entire civilized world, we honour everyone who defended the planet from Nazism during World War II. Millions of lost lives, crippled destinies, tortured souls and millions of reasons to say to evil: Never again!

We knew the price our ancestors paid for this wisdom. We knew how important it is to preserve it and pass it on to posterity. But we had no idea that our generation would witness the desecration of the words, which, as it turned out, are not the truth for everyone.

This year we say “Never again” differently. We hear “Never again” differently. It sounds painful, cruel. Without an exclamation, but with a question mark. You say: Never again? Tell Ukraine about it.

Source: The Presidential Office of Ukraine (www.president.gov.ua)

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