Mention the war: Germany awakes

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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For decades, Germany was doctrinally pacifist: a legacy left over from the second world war. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed that, seemingly overnight. As Russia’s military advance has stalled, it has turned its firepower against civilian targets, resulting in widespread death, but also in the destruction of Ukraine’s cultural legacy. And remembering one of the many brave, ordinary Ukrainians, fallen in defence of their country.

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0:50.0	The Mongol Golden Horde, the Kremlin taught our conate,
0:54.0	the Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Soviet Union.
0:59.0	All ruled what today is Ukraine, giving the country a rich cultural heritage.
1:04.0	One that rushes invasion is destroying.
1:08.0	And hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who two months ago led ordinary peaceful lives
1:14.0	have taken up arms to defend their country.
1:17.0	Our obituary is editor remembers one, an actor and television presenter.
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