Moldovan President Maia Sandu said the future of her country depends on Ukraine’s courage against a brutal Russian invasion but also on Moldovans’ determination to protect peace and freedom, News.ro.
She spoke on the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine which has killed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and military and Russian soldiers. Ukraine and EU and NATO member Romania and its pro-Western government has faced election interference and economic sanctions from Russia for years.
“Three years of war. Three years of pain and sacrifices. Three years of struggle for life. Three years in which Russia is trying to destroy Ukraine. But Ukraine is resisting. And Moldova is on the side of good, on the side of peace and freedom,” Maia Sandu said.
She spoke about the impact of the war, recalling air strikes on Ukraine and drones and missile fragments that fell on Moldovan territory.
“Today we know that our peace depends on Ukraine’s courage, but also on our determination. We must protect our peace and freedom from those who want to see us weak and divided, from those who blackmail us with darkness and cold or try to buy our votes with dirty money,” President Sandu said, stressing the need to defend Moldova’s democracy and stability.
On Monday, at the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Maia Sandu will participate in the”Defense and Security Strategy of Unity. Action Plan” online summit with with over 35 international leaders.
“In her speech, the head of state will underline the importance of the unity of the international community for the restoration of a real, just and lasting peace in Europe, so that this war becomes history,” the president’s office said.
Figures of the number of casualties are often conflicting, but the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), a research group at Sweden’s Uppsala University, has tracked global civilian and combatant death tolls in conflicts since the 1980s by compiling and vetting reports from news organizations, NGOs and other research institutions, estimates that 174,000 to 420,000 people have been killed during the three years of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
