Paul Le Blanc Consistent partisans of actual democracy insist that people have the right to shape their own future. This includes the right to struggle for self-determination.
The Soviet sickle-and-hammer crest was removed from the iconic Motherland Monument in Kyiv on Aug. 1, marking a significant step in Ukraine's journey to detach itself from its Soviet past.
and president xi and what it says to you about russia s level of reliance on china right now. yes caitlin. great to be with you. and as you said, i am a lithuania. i m key noting of baltic military conference and also meeting with the nation s leaders, and this is a great country that s meeting its nato commitments and punching well above its weight. when it comes to helping out the ukrainians and look they were under soviet rule. not not a little bit more than 30 years ago. so they see this all very clearly. and people here in lithuania are watching the events on the ground, and they see this, uh, this meeting between g jinping and russian president glamour putin with great concern alarm as to what it may portend, and we didn t see any reference to military assistance at least not publicly between putin and president xi. but if china does decide to provide weapons to russia to use in ukraine what should the u. s response look like in your view? well first china is providing russia ass