Spent the past week in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 attending the 20th Forte International Security Conference. Spoke on the panel on autocracies vs democracies & international security.

My address focused on dissecting Russia’s colonial nature and its continued imperial mindset. 1/8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1665362172803796994

While many former empires disintegrated in the 20th century, one colonial empire (the world's largest state up to this day!), retained its colonial nature, though its names kept changing. 2/8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1665362175144108032

War in Ukraine is not a “Ukrainian crisis”, as war criminal Putin says. This is a war against democracies, a war launched by a dying colonial empire against a free nation.

It’s only Ukraine now that’s protecting Europe from the colonial vultures from the Kremlin. 3/8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1665362176775733251

Thankfully, Europe has finally realized what the true face of Putin’s Russia is.

Putin is a 21st war criminal. He is no better than Stalin or Hitler. Hopefully this realization in countries further away from Russia will follow. 4/8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1665362178940063745

What can and should we do if we want s u s t a i n a b l e peace on the European continent?

Paradoxically, the only answer is arms. All the weapons needed for Ukraine to defend itself and liberate all its lands have to be provided. 5/8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1665362181108408321

We finally have that chance to build sustainable peace. And there is no need to fear a Russian defeat.

Putin lost this war in the first weeks of aggression. He was stopped near Kyiv by brave Ukrainians. Now Putin is just killing.

He is not able to take Ukraine. 6/8

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1665362182819684354