Thursday, July 16, 2026

Remembering day Ukraine declared freedom from USSR

On this day, July 16, 1990 the parliament of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic declared sovereignty over the Ukrainian SSR.

It was the day that Kiev and Moscow separated; innocent days.

Had western governments come to assist Ukraine and the new Russian Federation might the world be a different place today?

 In a similar way one might ask had Weimar been given a chance, Hitler would never have been able to appear.

In modern parlance, especially an expression that is used in prison: it is as it is.

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