The world's failure to act against Vladimir Putin before the Ukraine invasion has echoes of the Second World War, warns an Ukrainian MP. Lesia Vasylenko, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, said history is repeating itself, adding that she is reminded of 1938.
Asked if she thinks that the war will get so bad that the West may get involved, she told Times Radio: “The history is just repeating itself time and time again, and I don’t understand what is wrong with us humans and humanity why we don’t learn from the lessons. It’s so much easier to prevent death from happening, and destruction from happening, than to later restore it and deal with all the trauma.”
She said there is still time to stop President Vladimir Putin “once and for all” adding: “A year ago, eight years ago was the time to do this, but nobody wanted to get involved. This is the same as 1938 when also the world and the United States in particular were averting their eyes from what was being done by Hitler and his Nazi Party.
