At the same time as Russia is holding a parade on Red Square to celebrate the victory in World War II on May 9, the foreign ministers of most EU countries are expected to travel to Lviv in western Ukraine.
All those who are for peace should be in Ukraine rather than in Moscow on May 9. We will go there, with different goals of accountability and further support to Ukraine, explains the EU's foreign chief Kaja Kallas on her way into Wednesday's informal foreign minister meeting in Poland.
The host, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, is harsh in his tone towards Moscow.
It is very important to remember that the whole of Ukraine was occupied during World War II – and only a small part of Russia. Millions of Ukrainians suffered under the Nazi persecution and also served in the (Soviet) Red Army, says Sikorski.
It is scandalous of Putin to let Russia alone take the credit for the victory over Nazi Germany. And even worse is to use the rhetoric of that time to attack Ukraine – which, unlike Russia, is a democracy, says Sikorski in Warsaw.
