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Grasping the Chance of Victory in Ukraine

Grasping the Chance of Victory in Ukraine

+ freedom and hope in Estonia + the Wende in the Zeitenwende + Turkey

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Last year President Zelenskyy said about the Germans: they will come round. And they did. It seems that my compatriots finally remember that Germany didn't start WW2 by attacking Russia, as the Russians are told. It was Hitler and Stalin together who started that War by attacking and dividing first Poland and then the rest of Eastern Europe between themselves. (See https://bit.ly/LordOfNations for why Hitler attacked Stalin.) -
Ulrich Mohrhoff

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The West must be ready for this moment of opportunity and risk in Ukraine

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