"russia wants to drag us into the past, but the future will inevitably come and Ukraine will win": human rights activist Oleksandra Matviychuk for the Museum of Civilian Voices by Rinat Akhmetov Foundation

Oleksandra Matviychuk, a Ukrainian human rights activist and head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, emphasises that the Russian-Ukrainian war is the most documented in human history, which makes it possible to change the global approach to justice for war crimes - unlike in the last century. 

"We have technologies that allow us to recreate what happened, collect evidence, and identify the perpetrators. When I travel and talk to presidents and members of governments, it is hardwired into their subconscious that it is impossible to give justice or a chance to every person who has suffered. I want us to challenge that statement. We, as a humanity, can do this if we change the global attitude and set the goal that every human life matters and therefore we must work to give everyone a chance at justice. Ukraine can become the first such precedent," the human rights activist emphasised.

Having extensive experience of international work, Oleksandra believes that there is no question of the world's fatigue with this war. Rather, it is a fear of taking decisive action, which ends up with a lack of understanding of the future and fear of it. Because if Ukraine is to win, Russia must lose. Is the world ready for this? 

"What do you do with a country of 140 million people with nuclear weapons if you lose? There is no answer. There is no long-term strategy. There is fear, there is an unwillingness to think in such terms, to leave the comfort zone. The only thing we can do now is to say that it will happen anyway. Russia wants to drag us into the past, but the future will come, regardless of Putin's wishes. And Ukraine will win. We just don't know when it will happen. But it is inevitable," Oleksandra is sure.

Source: "Historical Truth https://bit.ly/3KYqChN

Read the full interview on the Museum of Civilian Voices' website: https://bit.ly/4evQMFB

The Museum of Civilian Voices by Rinat Akhmetov Foundation collects and stores the world's largest collection of first-hand accounts of the war in Ukraine - more than 110,000 stories. The VOICES exhibition, which was visited by more than 5,000 people, lasted for three months at the Museum of the History of Kyiv, based on the living stories collected by the Museum of Civilian Voices and seeking to reveal the depth and power of Ukrainians' stories about the war.

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