Ukraine must receive fundamental value support, which will finally knock out of Russia's hands its main ideological weapon, namely the assertion that Europe is incapable of real unification and that Europe does not need Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this on Wednesday, speaking by video link in the Czech parliament.
"Already in the near future we should get an answer from the European Union, all member countries, to the question of Ukraine's status. To grant Ukraine the candidacy right now is to prove that the European association is real and that European values really work, and not just defined as a beautiful formality," he said.
According to Zelensky, "the Russian military are clearly aware that they are fighting precisely against European values, against the fact that any free people of Europe who share common European values can become part of the European unification. This is exactly what the Russian occupiers are ideologically stitched together".
Consequently, the president noted, "to strengthen the European unification and to say 'yes' to Ukraine is also a defense in this war. It will be another historical manifestation of the meaning contained in the words: we are with you, be with us."
"So I ask you to be as active as possible in these very days, in these very weeks, so that all European leaders agree that defending and strengthening Europe is our common cause, and that no one can make an exception to this principle," Zelensky said.
