Russia is the aggressor, the victim of the war is Ukraine.

APA reports that former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said this in his online speech on "Threats to the Global Order" within the IX Baku Global Forum.

He recalled that Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan have faced conflicts.

According to the former president, these conflicts are not related to Ukraine, Transnistria or Karabakh, but to Russia's policy.

Yushchenko said that after the Second World War, Europe is experiencing the biggest crisis of conflict: "The occupier is Russia, the victim of the war is Ukraine.

Our partners understand this, they are many.

Today, the concept of "Putinism" has emerged in Europe.

This is a corrupt and dangerous system, its scale is huge.

In the last 20 years, Putin himself has managed to create a corrupt system in the West.

When Western politicians retire

They are going to Moscow, Gazprom and Rosneft are lined up and want a high-paying post.

Prime ministers, ministers, even chancellors have followed the same path. "

The former president said that free media was now closed in Russia, the opposition was imprisoned, and thousands of Russians, who were aware of the war, were forced to leave the country. "These elements explain the concept of 'Putinism,'" he said.

Yushchenko stressed that Georgia's and Ukraine's candidacy for NATO was blocked by the leaders of France and Germany at the Bucharest conference: "Only a few months after discussions on this issue, Putin's army launched a war of aggression against Georgia."

According to him, some in the West offer Ukraine to compromise and make concessions: "This is unacceptable."

Yushchenko noted that in recent months, Europe has paid $ 93 billion for Russian gas, while Ukraine has provided only $ 8 billion in humanitarian and military support.

"Ukraine is a global issue.

This is not just a matter for Ukraine.

We must win!

Only when we win will there be peace, "he added.