– 70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Europe is facing the threat of war, and the appetites of the aggressor will not be limited only to Ukraine – the country’s president said Petro Poroshenko after the anniversary ceremonies at the site of the former German camp. – The common front to oppose the new imperial madness, new pretensions to reign in Europe – he said.
– Unfortunately, the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in which Ukrainians have made a tremendous contribution and the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Act of my country entered the conditions of Russian aggression and brutal violation of norms of international law – Poroshenko said, as quoted by his press service.
– I will not be reached to an obvious and clear comparisons between what has happened in Europe in the 30s of the last century and what is happening today. The threat of war, the mainland is so great as ever. No one should have any doubt that the aggressor ambitions and appetites are larger than the size of Ukraine – he stressed.
Poroshenko appealed to the international community for solidarity in their efforts to ensure peace.
– I am calling the world to not commit to a repeat of the tragic events. We must not only remember the innocent victims of the past, but also to think about how to prevent the repetition of such tragedies as the Holocaust and World War II. Common front to oppose the new imperial madness, new pretensions to reign in Europe – he said.
The President pointed out that a large proportion of the murdered in Auschwitz lived in what is now Ukraine, and after the last World War there forever lost as much as 60 percent. Jewish community.
– The battle for the liberation of Auschwitz and the surrounding villages were killed 231 soldiers. Every fifth of them was Ukrainian. The commanders of the troops were: Colonel Vasily Petrenko, who was born on Połtawszczyźnie and Colonel Anatoly Kowalewski circuit Chernihiv – Poroshenko said.
– Major Anatoly Shapiro was a Jew from Poltava. It was the first of its soldiers passed through the gate with the inscription “Arbeit macht frei”. And the first tank, which crashed the gate, head of the Ukrainian Ihor Pobirczenko. A few days ago a very clear reminder of the Polish Foreign Minister, Parliament Speaker – stressed Poroshenko.
Poroshenko in Auschwitz: We are threatened continental war – Interia
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