Russia's war against Ukraine is a war not for the territory, but for ideas and people - historian Timothy Snyder

Russia's war against Ukraine is not in the territory, but for ideas and people, and Russia has already lost the war for ideas. This was stated by the University of Yale's history Timothy Snyder at the 17th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Ukraine: to protect our common freedom organized by Viktor Pinchuk. Video of the Day "In fact, Russia lost the war for the idea. When Putin began aggression against Ukraine, he stated that Russia seems to be democracy, not Ukraine.

We explained in the West that this is not the case that Russia is not democracy, ”Snyder said. He compared President Vladimir Zelensky with the father of Greek democracy Pericles, and Ukrainians with the ancient Greeks. “When I think of this war, I remember Pericles. In reflections on the willingness to die for democracy, he concludes that freedom is happiness. And people who want freedom are ready to risk her life, unlike those who support tyranny.