No Saving Face

[David Morris]

https://twitter.com/kajakallas/status/1533867899781365762?s=21&t=WFerh3DigFI9ktnPihevCw

My speech at @Policy_Exchange in London following the honour of receiving
the Grotius Prize:

The free world has made many right decisions in support of Ukraine. But we
need to speed it up.  If aggression pays off somewhere, it invites it
elsewhere.

We're witnessing Russia's state-orchestrated calls for genocide. The aim:
dehumanise Ukrainians and wipe Ukraine off the world map. A “Nazi” is
simply any Ukrainian who resists.

Putin and all those who have committed atrocities must know that their
judgment day will come.

To hold perpetrators accountable, Ukraine must win back its territories and
Russia must fail.  We must do all we can to help push back the Russian
invasion and end massive war crimes on our doorstep.

Otherwise, worse will follow. This is what Estonian history teaches us.

Before premature calls for peace, remember: for half of Europe, peace after
WWII didn't mean the end of atrocities but more repressions.  This is being
repeated in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine – children deported en
masse to Russia, women raped, men imprisoned.

There should be no fear of a bad relationship or a non-existent
relationship with war criminals. We must isolate Russia politically and
economically to make sure Russian troops run out of equipment and the
Kremlin runs out of money.

This must be our long-term policy.

We must deliver accountability for war criminals and justice for victims.
The aggressor must also pay reparations. Victims must be compensated. A
fund for victims could be one way, using Russian assets and central bank
reserves frozen by sanctions.

If we fail here, the international rules-based order is at stake and no
nation can feel safe.  We don’t think about freedom and world order until
they're gone.  Let’s make our best efforts so that nobody has to experience
it.