The Chair of the Committee on Ukraine’s Integration into the EU emphasised
this during the discussion “War in Ukraine and its global impact” of the
27th Conference of Forum 2000, which took place in Prague.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze noted that the war in Ukraine has been going on
not for over 600 days, but for almost ten years: “Even though by 24th of
December 2022 the war had already been going on for 8 years, the world did
not do enough to prevent the development of the Russian hybrid aggression
into the full-scale war.”
The Chair of the Committee is sure that the failure to ensure Ukraine's
victory in the war will lead to a domino effect at the global level and
increase the appetites of those states that relay on the right of force.
According to her, this means that the world will not be able to solve
security challenges — problems of food, energy and social security. “We
must explain to our partners, colleagues and sceptics at the global level
why it is important to support Ukraine. At the same time, we should focus
on reaching those countries that can mobilise resources to help Ukraine
today. We have not yet reached the stage when the countries of the free
world are on the same page with Ukraine and realise that Ukraine must win
and Russia must be defeated in this war,” said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.
She noted that the world is getting used to Russia's war in Ukraine, so
she called to think about how to keep Ukraine in the spotlight amid other
challenges. “We have to find the right approaches to avoid getting used to
the war and to convince societies, governments and politicians that it is
necessary to support Ukraine since the consequences of its defeat may be
devastating for the whole world and the world order”, said Ivanna
Klympush-Tsintsadze.