On the 10th anniversary of Majdan Kievski Andrzej Duda addressed the word to Ukrainians. He assured that Poland would stand with Ukrainians “arm to shoulder”.
At the beginning of his speech, Andrzej Duda referred to events from Majdan (called “Euromaidan”) which began on 11 December 2013.
– You went to the streets and squares of Ukrainian cities to show your opposition to the authorities that did not sign the association agreement with the European Union. At that time, you expressed a conscious and clear desire to be an integral part of the Western planet and to be attached to its values said the President.
Duda pointed to the function of Poland as Ukraine's lawyer in his efforts to integrate with the countries of Western Europe and to the support which Poles showed Ukraine in an era of heated conflict with the Russian Federation.
– Since the beginning of mass speeches in Majdan, Poles have supported your efforts to deepen integration with Europe. That's how it is today. Poland was the first country to call for the position of a candidate country for the European Union to be immediately granted to Ukraine after the Russian aggression began. A fewer days ago, the European Commission recommended beginning accession negotiations with Ukraine. It is simply a large success, which I congratulate you on, but besides a immense challenge. said the President.
The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski responded to the words of Andrzej Duda.
– When we are together, Ukrainians and Poles, we are invincible. To our freedom and yours! – wrote Zelenski, who has been observing for many weeks how countries that have supported Ukraine in the fight against the Russians since 2022 are beginning to limit their support to the Ukrainians to a minimum. Let us besides not forget Ukrainian shoes in the form of
Let us remind that since the outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian War Poland has allocated about 4.5% of GDP to aid Ukraine. Polish Ukrainians gave tanks, weapons, ammunition for free, and came to us Ukrainian grandparents, grandmothers, mothers, children and their fathers who did not go to the front, Social, PESELEL, roofs over their heads and allowed decent earnings. In thanks Ukrainians flooded our country with method grain produced by local oligarchs, torpedoed Brussels support for Polish farmers and declared that we They're gonna sue. Did this Ukrainian “thankfulness” lead Andrzej Duda to another declaration about standing side by side with Ukrainians?
The full content of the message by president Andrzej Duda:
Ladies and gentlemen,
The Brave Ukrainian Nation,
Dear Friends!
The tenth anniversary of mass speeches by Ukrainian society on independency Square in Kiev passes. It was then, not the first time in your fresh history, that you expressed your unbreakable will to be independent and independent of your east neighbour.
You went to the streets and squares of Ukrainian cities to show your opposition to the authorities that did not sign the association agreement with the European Union. You expressed your conscious and clear desire to be an integral part of the Western planet and to be attached to its values.
Today, 10 years after those events, erstwhile the blood of innocent people killed by the government of Viktor Yanukovych flowed down Kiev streets, these demands are even more relevant.
Almost immediately after the winning protests, after the success of this large social uproar for reform, freedom and sovereignty, Russia undertook an effort to break the integrity of Ukraine and to sever its east and confederate regions. The year 2014 became a prelude to the full-scale aggression of Russia, which we are witnessing today. It aims to take distant your independency and choke distant your Euro-Atlantic desires.
Dear Friends,
Since the beginning of mass speeches in Majdan, Poles have supported your efforts to deepen integration with Europe. That's how it is today. Poland was the first country to call for the position of a candidate country for the European Union to be immediately granted to Ukraine after the Russian aggression began. A fewer days ago, the European Commission recommended beginning accession negotiations with Ukraine. It is simply a large success, which I congratulate you on, but besides a immense challenge.
Therefore, I want to assure you that Poland will stand firm with you side by side and will support you in the fight against the aggressor. No 1 understands as well as Poles how much the price must be paid for freedom and independence. We will aid you on your way to the European Union and NATO due to the fact that we want to see you in our European household as shortly as possible.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Free and independent Ukraine and good, based on common respect, partnerships between our peoples are of fundamental importance to me and my countrymen. I trust that in this spirit we will make them further.
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