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Jahrestages der ukrainischen Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit einen Gastbeitrag in <strong>El Independiente<\/strong>. Darin reflektiert er \u00fcber die Bedeutung des russischen Krieges gegen die Ukraine f\u00fcr die europ\u00e4ische Sicherheit und die Zukunft des V\u00f6lkerrechts. <em>Bitte beachten Sie, dass der Artikel auf Spanisch ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurde.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">In dem Artikel argumentiert <strong>Slyvchuk<\/strong>, dass der Ausgang des Krieges eine Sicherheitsfrage f\u00fcr den gesamten Kontinent und nicht nur f\u00fcr Osteuropa sei. Der Sieg oder die Niederlage der Ukraine werde einen Pr\u00e4zedenzfall daf\u00fcr schaffen, ob das V\u00f6lkerrecht weiterhin G\u00fcltigkeit besitze \u2013 <strong>oder ob Gewalt zum einzigen Argument<\/strong> in den internationalen Beziehungen werde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><strong>Slyvchuk<\/strong> betont zudem, dass territoriale Zugest\u00e4ndnisse eine Aggression nicht beenden. Historisch habe jedes Zugest\u00e4ndnis gegen\u00fcber einem Aggressor den n\u00e4chsten Angriff eher hinausgez\u00f6gert als verhindert. Ein sogenannter <strong>\u201eterritorialer Kompromiss\u201c w\u00fcrde das Problem nicht l\u00f6sen<\/strong>, da Russland sein Ziel, die Ukraine vollst\u00e4ndig zu kontrollieren, nicht aufgegeben habe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Der Gastbeitrag ordnet die russische Invasion als <strong>imperialen Revanchismus<\/strong> und nicht als Grenzstreit ein. <strong>Slyvchuk<\/strong> verweist auf einen Artikel Wladimir Putins vom Juli 2021, in dem dieser der Ukraine das Recht auf die Existenz als eigenst\u00e4ndiger Staat abspricht, als Beleg daf\u00fcr, dass der Krieg Moskaus in dessen Weigerung wurzelt, die Souver\u00e4nit\u00e4t der Ukraine anzuerkennen. Russland, so Slyvchuk, habe nie gelernt, mit seinen Nachbarn auf der Grundlage von Zusammenarbeit zu koexistieren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Abschlie\u00dfend betont <strong>Slyvchuk<\/strong>, dass die Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit der Ukraine im Jahr 1991 keinen Neuanfang darstellte, sondern eine <strong>Fortsetzung der ukrainischen Staatstradition<\/strong> war. W\u00e4hrend der mehr als siebzigj\u00e4hrigen sowjetischen Herrschaft war in Europa eine ukrainische Exilregierung t\u00e4tig, und 1992 \u00fcbergab ihr letzter Pr\u00e4sident die Insignien der Macht offiziell an den neu gew\u00e4hlten Pr\u00e4sidenten Leonid Krawtschuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Lesen Sie den Artikel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2025\/2\/24\/a-flawed-peace-deal-would-not-end-the-war-in-ukraine\">\u00fcber den Link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Slyvchuk, Coordinator of the Spain and Latin America Cooperation Program at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center, published an op-ed in El Independiente marking 35 years of Ukrainian independence and reflecting on what Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine means for European security and the future of international law. Please note that the article is published in Spanish. 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