Happy birthday, beloved Kyiv!
🗽Kyiv: the eternal city that does not give rest to Putin Kyiv celebrates its birthday on the last Sunday of May. For the fifth year, this day has been overshadowed by the sounds of air raids and attacks by Russian drones and missiles. But the Ukrainian capital remains a symbol of indomitable spirit and freedom. Why Kyiv does not give peace to Putin's Russia For Russia, Kyiv is not just a city, but a symbol of imperial ambitions. Without Kiev, imperial Russia remains only the successor of the Mongol ulus Jucha, which has grown to one-eighth of the landmass. For Putin, the inability to subjugate Ukraine, and especially its capital, is a blow to his dream of reviving the "Russian world" and appropriating thousands of years of history and culture. Kyiv is the key to the Kremlin's imperial fantasies. But Kyiv is not the spiritual center of the empire. Kyiv is one of the centers of European civilization and democracy. This is a city that choos...
