By Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine?
Ridkivtsi — Russian dictator Vladimir Putin continues to drown in blood, what are now derisively called in Ukraine the?“peace efforts” — alluding to the vomiting efforts?— of US President Donald Trump, rendering futile any attempt to diplomatically end the war he unleashed.
Last night, the Russian air force launched?a barrage of high-explosive drones on Dnipro, targeting the local fire station, which resulted in the death of a 46-year-old rescue worker and left the oldest team member on duty near death.
Then it struck?Zaporizhzhia?again, killing a one-year-old child not far from where he had completed another training session just a week earlier, with civilians waiting for a bus at the city's busiest stop. Using another incendiary drone, it hit the private postal center of Nova Poshta in?Kramatorsk, killing a 49-year-old man and seriously injuring a 13-year-old girl.
South of that town, it then targeted another, overwhelming?Kostiantynivkawith a series of high-tonnage glide bombs, reducing the local school, a building, and several houses to rubble, including the one from which Alla Perdei and I filmed our latest documentary from those devastated areas for this newspaper.
All this while, the cities of Kyiv and Sumy observed a day of mourning to remember the victims of?another massacre carried out by the Russians less than 24 hours earlier, in which 23 people are known to have died and 53 were injured, but the fate of eight others remains unknown.
Although Zelensky and his delegates keep emphasizing that Putin’s Russia only understands the language of force, urging the adoption of sanctions that would severely harm its war economy and applying strong pressure on diplomatic and military fronts,?there is a feeling in these regions that no one is truly willing to commit to binding and effective security guarantees.
The military at the front are well aware of this — openly encouraging journalists to write that Ukraine will continue on its own, vigorously rejecting?empty calls for tact, which, in the common opinion, only serve to flatter negotiations between two Russian assets like Putin and Trump?— and they have also understood it in those offices that make the art of diplomacy their best talent.
?Just as 86 years ago, when the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, Moscow aims to divide Europe again. As it later turned out, that agreement was the formalization of another between Hitler and Stalin for the division of Eastern Europe,? reads a statement issued by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, which recalled that event as the spark that ignited World War II. ?Today, the lessons of the past are more relevant than ever. Just as 86 years ago, Moscow’s primary goal is the division of spheres of influence and the forced redrawing of borders in Europe. Just as then, any indulgence in such plans or the signing of secret agreements with Moscow can only lead to a global catastrophe,? the statement reads.
The allusion clearly references not only the Kremlin’s first tenant but also the White House’s, showing how Ukraine is united on this issue, from the front lines to the highest levels of government. As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz noted,?the war launched by Russia in Ukraine could continue for many more months.
On the day Ukraine honors its fallen defenders in defense of the free world, Ukrainian military and diplomats are urging the Willings to treat it as such, intensifying their economic and military efforts even more than their diplomatic ones, and sending Putin a clear message in the only language he understands.
瓜分歐洲
作者：Giorgio Provinciali?
來自烏克蘭的現場報導
烏克蘭外交部發布的一份聲明中寫道，“正如?86?年前簽署所謂的《莫洛托夫-裏賓特洛甫條約》時一樣，莫斯科的目標是再次瓜分歐洲。正如後來事實證明，該協議是希特勒和斯大林之間關於瓜分東歐的另一項協議的正式化，”，該聲明回顧說，這一事件是引發第二次世界大戰的導火索。聲明中還寫道，“今天，過往的教訓比以往任何時候都更加重要。正如?86?年前一樣，莫斯科的首要目標是劃分勢力範圍，並透過武力重新劃分歐洲的邊界。正如那時一樣，任何對這些計畫的放縱或與莫斯科簽署秘密協議隻會導致全球性災難”。
裏德基夫齊——俄羅斯獨裁者弗拉基米爾·普京繼續沉溺於鮮血之中，烏克蘭現在嘲諷地稱之為“和平努力”——暗指美國總統唐納德·川普令人作嘔的努力，使任何透過外交手段結束他發動的戰爭的嘗試都成為徒勞。
昨晚，俄羅斯空軍對第聶伯羅發動了一連串高爆無人機襲擊，目標是當地的消防站，導致一名?46?歲的救援人員死亡，另一名最年長的隊員在執勤時身受重傷。
隨後，它再次襲擊了紮波羅熱，在離一週前它完成的另一次訓練的地方不遠，炸死了一名一歲的兒童--那裡是城市最繁忙的平民公共汽車站。它使用另一架燃燒彈無人機襲擊了克拉馬托爾斯克的?Nova Poshta?私人郵政中心，造成一名?49?歲的男子死亡，一名?13?歲的女孩身受重傷。
在該鎮南部，它隨後又以一係列高噸位滑翔炸彈襲擊了科斯強丁尼夫卡，使當地學校、一座建築物和幾棟房屋化為廢墟，其中包括?Alla Perdei?和我為本報拍攝的最新紀錄片的地方。
與此同時，基輔和蘇梅市舉行了一天的哀悼活動，以紀念此前不到?24?小時前俄羅斯人實施的另一次大屠殺的受害者，已知有?23?人死亡，53?人受傷，但其他?8?人的命運仍然不明。
儘管澤連斯基和他的代表們不斷強調，普京的俄羅斯隻聽的懂大砲的聲音，敦促採取嚴厲打擊其戰爭經濟的製裁措施，並在外交和軍事戰線上施加強大壓力，但一種感覺是，沒有人真正願意承諾有約束力和有效的安全保障。
前線的軍方深知這一點——公開鼓勵記者撰文稱，烏克蘭將繼續依靠自身的力量，堅決拒絕空洞的戰略呼籲，在普遍的看法中，這些呼籲隻會奉承普京和川普這兩個俄羅斯特工之間的談判——而那些將外交藝術發揮到極致的辦公室，也明白這一點。
文章開頭的引文，不僅明確提到了克裏姆林宮的首席房客，也涉及白宮的房客，表明了烏克蘭在這個問題上是如何團結一致的，從前線到最高級別的政府。正如德國總理弗裏德裏希·梅爾茨指出的那樣，俄羅斯在烏克蘭發動的戰爭可能會持續更長的時間。
在烏克蘭紀念為捍衛自由世界而犧牲的烈士的那一天，烏克蘭軍方和外交官敦促誌願者聯盟幫助烏克蘭加強經濟和軍事能力，而不隻是外交努力，並用普京唯一理解的語言向他發出明確的信息。
