War in Ukraine: “We need international help, we must stop Russia”, says a uk journalist – franceinfo

“We need international help, we must stop Russia”, launched Friday, February 25 on franceinfo the Ukrainian journalist and philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko. He resides in Brovary in the suburbs of Kiev. “In several districts of Kiev, there are real battles”, says Volodymyr Yermolenko. He compares the situation to “World War II movies.

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“When Russia says it only targets the military, it’s not true”, says the journalist. It bears witness to a “missile attack on the military unit that completely burned down buildings last night in Kyiv”. According to him, “these are residential houses” who have been affected. “There are civilian deaths. Children have died.”

“This Aggression” from Russia “is absurd”, insists Volodymyr Yermolenko. To take the measure of the attacks, he invites us to imagine ourselves in “a district in Paris, and waking up with explosions, with missiles on your head”. If there is one “frightening side, it also gives firmness”in the face of aggression. “Everyone sees that Mr Putin is an aggressor and that he is trying to repeat what happened with Europe in 1939. We must not forget that”recalls Volodymyr Yermolenko.

Vladimir Putin’s military operations did not “only a threat to Ukraine”but are “oriented towards the whole of Europe, the whole civilized, democratic world”. After having “attacked Georgia” and “Annexed Belarus”Vladimir Poutine “try to annex Ukraine. What will happen next?”, asks Volodymyr Yermolenko. He is waiting “much stronger international support” of the international community.