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Dear Ukrainian friends,

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77 years ago, the world celebrated 
the end of the Second World War.

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Millions of Ukrainians were among those
who sacrificed their lives

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to ensure the victory over Nazism.

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Since then, we have listened to the 
sentence for 77 years: Never again.

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It was untrue.

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Ukrainians know this best today

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It was untrue because we overlooked 
the fundamental doctrine of history.

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In 1945, only one evil was defeated.

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National socialism or Nazism.

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The second evil, 
international socialism or communism,

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celebrated in conflict with the first.

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However, evil, because it confronts 
another evil, does not become good.

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This second evil occupied Eastern 
and Central Europe and the Baltics.

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Enlarging gulags 
and force labor camps.

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Killing millions of innocent people 
at home and abroad.

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Even the victory of the West 
in the Cold War

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did not eliminate this evil.

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Nazi Germany experienced 
denazification after the defeat.

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Communist Russia experienced merely 
the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

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There was no lustration in Russia. 
No decommunisation. No justice.

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Not enough interest 
in the West, either.

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Evil has survived.

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Today, the KGB network 
controls the Russian state.

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It has nuclear weapons 
and the future is unclear.

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There is another dominant communist 
world nuclear power there

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and the Cold war 2 
won’t be the same as the first.

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The blindness in the West
is still great,

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but the fog is rising 
because of your courage and sacrifice.

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Dear Ukrainian friends,

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we admire your incredible courage
in the face of this evil.

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By defending your beloved Ukraine, 
you fight as well for a Europe. Again.

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You are on the right side of history.

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Thus it is you, Ukrainians,

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who are the true, rightful heirs 
of that honourable fight 77 years ago.

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In Moscow, there are the heirs 
of the Molotov - Ribentrop pact.

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Let me reaffirm our solidarity 
with you and my full support

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for immediately granting Ukraine 
a clear perspective

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for rapid integration into the EU.

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Slava Ukraïni!