> “Last week I received a request for an interview from a Ukrainian journalist. I couldn’t answer. Two days later, the author of the request, Vira Hirici, was found under the rubble of her house in Kyiv, after the building had been hit by a Russian rocket. A rocket hit a block of peaceful people and in a split second, the present and the future became the past. A death that sat sad and silent in the tens of thousands of tragedies brought by this devastating war, but also a death with a concrete name and face as indisputable evidence in a murder case.
> Each of us has a Vira Hirici, whom he did not know personally, but who became his personal pain.
> The war is on our border. We cannot deny this reality. Peace depends on our power to be united in the face of common danger, and it can only be maintained through common efforts. Peace depends on our ability not to be caught in the trap of falsehoods and challenges, on our power to think righteously and to act responsibly.
> No one wants war, no mother, whether she is from Gagauzia, Chisinau or Balti, does not want to see her children on the front. Nobody wants a rocket to destroy the house he worked in for a lifetime. Now, as never before, we cherish peace and for peace we must use all our energy “, said Maia Sandu in a message sent before May 9th.
> “We will mark peace on May 9, when we commemorate those who fell in World War II. We will mark the peace of Europe Day, which has united to stop wars on the continent and has given Europeans prosperity and progress. Peace begins in the family and in the community. We can keep it if we don’t fall prey to division. We are different, but we have to live together, to build a future together, in our country. In peace, Moldova has a future “
Was this address given in the Moldovan or Romanian language?
So, basically, she says that they know that what Russia is doing is fucked up, but they won’t react in any meaningful way because they are afraid that it will provoke Russia to invade them like Ukraine.
On one hand I understand that Sandu doesn’t want to risk internal instability without any guarantees for the safety of Moldova, but on the other hand Russia manufactures “provocations” by itself, so trying to appease it won’t really work.
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> “Last week I received a request for an interview from a Ukrainian journalist. I couldn’t answer. Two days later, the author of the request, Vira Hirici, was found under the rubble of her house in Kyiv, after the building had been hit by a Russian rocket. A rocket hit a block of peaceful people and in a split second, the present and the future became the past. A death that sat sad and silent in the tens of thousands of tragedies brought by this devastating war, but also a death with a concrete name and face as indisputable evidence in a murder case.
> Each of us has a Vira Hirici, whom he did not know personally, but who became his personal pain.
> The war is on our border. We cannot deny this reality. Peace depends on our power to be united in the face of common danger, and it can only be maintained through common efforts. Peace depends on our ability not to be caught in the trap of falsehoods and challenges, on our power to think righteously and to act responsibly.
> No one wants war, no mother, whether she is from Gagauzia, Chisinau or Balti, does not want to see her children on the front. Nobody wants a rocket to destroy the house he worked in for a lifetime. Now, as never before, we cherish peace and for peace we must use all our energy “, said Maia Sandu in a message sent before May 9th.
> “We will mark peace on May 9, when we commemorate those who fell in World War II. We will mark the peace of Europe Day, which has united to stop wars on the continent and has given Europeans prosperity and progress. Peace begins in the family and in the community. We can keep it if we don’t fall prey to division. We are different, but we have to live together, to build a future together, in our country. In peace, Moldova has a future “
Was this address given in the Moldovan or Romanian language?
So, basically, she says that they know that what Russia is doing is fucked up, but they won’t react in any meaningful way because they are afraid that it will provoke Russia to invade them like Ukraine.
On one hand I understand that Sandu doesn’t want to risk internal instability without any guarantees for the safety of Moldova, but on the other hand Russia manufactures “provocations” by itself, so trying to appease it won’t really work.