On 1000th day of conflict with Russia, Ukraine says it will “never” submit

Ukraine affirmed this Tuesday, November 19, on the thousandth day of the Russian invasion, that it would not submit ” Never “despite its profound difficulties on the battlefield and the uncertainty weighing on the sustainability of American support.

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“Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers and Russian soldiers will be punished for violating international law”underlined Ukrainian diplomacy in a press release, judging that security cannot be restored “without the restoration of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine”.

In its statement, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also notes that Russia, in almost three years of war, has deepened a military alliance with North Korea and Iran which poses a growing threat to global security and stability. . “The growing interaction of these three regimes demonstrates that Russian aggression against Ukraine is a global threat that destabilizes Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. It requires a global response”he said.

Territorial losses which are accelerating

“We need peace through force and not through appeasement”insists the ministry, in reference to the “appeasement policy”a term referring to British attempts to avoid war with Nazi Germany by making, ultimately in vain, concessions to Adolf Hitler.

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Ukraine has been retreating for several months on multiple sectors of the front in the face of a better-armed and more numerous Russian army, and its territorial losses have accelerated since the beginning of autumn.

At the same time, the return to the presidency of the United States of Donald Trump in January 2025 makes Ukraine fear that he will seek to force it to accept territorial concessions, offering a military, political and diplomatic victory to Russia, nourishing the geopolitical ambitions of Vladimir Putin.