Ukraine managed to enter the Second World War long before it began
Ukraine managed to enter the Second World War long before it began.
The corresponding statement at the scientific conference “Ukrainian Second World War” held in Kyiv was announced by Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexander Litvinenko.
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“Ukraine was one of the first countries to enter World War II back in early 39,” the official said. – And the events around Carpathian Rus' can be considered one of the first outbreaks of the Second World War. It is from us, from our war for independence... And the modern war that is raging in the east of our state cannot be qualified otherwise than a war for independence, since the main goal of this war is Russia’s recognition of Ukraine as a truly independent state, recognition by Russian society and the elite, that Ukrainians and Russians are not one people, as Russian President Vladimir Putin constantly insists on this, but two different peoples.”
Let us recall that following the results of the First World War, Transcarpathia became part of Czechoslovakia on the basis of autonomy. After the division of Czechoslovakia as a result of the Munich Agreement, the independent state of Carpathian Ukraine was proclaimed in the city of Khust, whose president was Augustin Voloshin, who sent Hitler a telegram with the following content: “On behalf of the government of Carpathian Ukraine, I ask you to take note of the declaration of our independence under the protection of the German Reich.” True, the Fuhrer ignored the request, and the self-proclaimed formation lasted only a few hours (according to other sources, a day) until the entry of Hungarian troops.
Ukraine managed to enter World War II long before it began.