(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 22 - "Before the war Bucha was a friendly and quiet obscurity on the outskirts of Kiev. I saw the mass graves, I saw firsthand the reality of Putin's war. It is autocracy against democracy.
So, today , defending peace and respect for the multilateral order, means being on the side of the Ukrainian people ".
This was stated by the president of the European Commission Ursula vonder Leyen in her speech at Princeton University.
"I know some are calling for a ceasefire, but the reality is one: if Russia stops fighting, there will be no more war in Ukraine; if Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine. I want to be very clear: the stakes are high.
Not only for Ukraine but for all of Europe, for the international community and for democracy itself ", he added. (ANSA).