History Will Neither Forget nor Forgive Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2022), pp. 87–98
Pub. online: 5 February 2024
Type: Essay
Open Access
Open Access
Published
5 February 2024
5 February 2024
Abstract
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had a significant impact on the West’s perception of Russia. The
resilience and leadership of the Ukrainian people, as well as the inflow of Western support, has challenged
the longheld assumptions about the political leadership of France and Germany and Germany’s self-proclaimed
status as a moral superpower. This essay suggests that the Russian invasion may be the beginning of a new era
for Ukraine and a fundamental shift in the moral centre of the European Union.
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