“I never thought who calls himself brother could come here to bomb hospitals and schools, kill civilians, touch on WWIII”: Boris FilatovMayor of Dnipro since 2015 he has been upset about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and does not rest on the grounds for the gesture, not fully understanding Putin’s intentions. By the way, his personal story doesn’t help. In an interview with Corriere della Sera he said: “I am Russian, My mother is Russian, my father is Russian, I don’t even have a drop of Ukrainian blood. But now the gates of Mordor have opened and waves of monsters come and go to destroy us.
“Me, we must eliminate them if we want to defend ourselves continued the mayor . The problem is that whoever is attacking my house and I I am forced to kill is Russian. Like me. Absurd.” Filatov is also amazed at the madness of the tsar: “But what were Putin and his generals thinking when they planned the invasion? Did we really expect him with the flowers?” Moreover, in his opinion, the conflict will not end so quickly: “The Russians have the ability to make even these tragedies routine. But the world doesn’t have to get used to it, because it will take a long time and, worst of all, Thousands of people will die“.
In any case, according to the mayor, there will never be an occupation: “However this war ends, Putin will not be able to absorb us. Half of the population may go, but the other half will not be happy to remain under occupation after so much blood.” Of the Ukrainians’ resistance, which seems to have no end, Filatov said: “Rather die with weapons in hand, instead of giving up and getting killed anyway.
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