The reason behind what is happening today in Ukraine is a direct consequence of the collective West’s unwillingness to influence the global security system.
It was by exploiting the West’s weakness, particularly that of the United States, that Russia began expanding its ‘security space’ in 2008.
Later, in 2014, amid the silence of that same collective West, Russia launched its war against Ukraine, which has since escalated into the bloodiest war of the 21st century in the heart of Europe.”
This was part of a speech by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
