"Solidarity with Ukraine: analyzing the enhanced Russian aggression"

On 17th of May 2021 „Unlimited Democracy” organized a panel discussion dedicated to the International Day of Living Together in Peace, which strived to cover the events of the recent developments of intensified Russian aggression and provocations that worries many political and civil actors as well as attempted to search for possible opportunities for peaceful conflict resolution meanings. Together with the Secretary General of the Pan-European movement in Austria, Mr. Rainhard Kloucek, Mr. Mag. Dr. Martin Malek from the National Defense Academy of Austria, Mr. Mykhailo Katsyn, a Ukrainian journalist of Media Inform and our moderator Mr. Dietmar Pichler, who is programmatic director and Lecturer of the "Center for Digital Media Literacy", founder and head editor of stopovereurope.eu (a European media platform) the discussion has covered many issues and questions that go beyond the recent events around the Ukrainian borders. 

The main derived theses are as follows:

• Ukraine is defending the freedom of Europe.

• The lighting of the Russian aggression faces two main problems in European Media: the high flow of disinformation and the shortage of issues coverage.

• Ukraine needs a diplomatic strategy towards EU in order to receive a European support by defending Ukraine’s sovereignty. 
• There is an analog platform to a Sochi Dialogue required, which would aim to strengthen bilateral relations and civil-society exchange between Austria and Ukraine.

• There are too many connections between “neutral” Austrian government and Russia.
• Nord Stream 2 is a dangerous project which is able to undermine the European energy security.