Russia initiated this February a “special military operation” in Ukraine with the aim of demilitarizing that country.
After the series of bombings, which are reported to have already caused casualties of both civilians and military, the collective indignation around the world was unleashed.
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated and in a call this Thursday, 23 of February, in front of the Russian Embassy in Spain, the presence of Javier Bardem was surprised protesting in against the war conflict.
Efe spoke on the spot with Bardem and the actor took the opportunity to make a call to be “up to the reception and care” of the refugees that will cause the “violation” of the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine by Russia; an invasion against which the European Union has not done enough, according to his opinion.
“What worries me is the great wave of refugees that is going to provoke, of women, the elderly and children who are going to go through such extreme situations”
Javier Bardem
There has been talk of economic sanctions and diplomatic limits, which Javier does not believe will be enough to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Putin is a person who, in my opinion, has a very ultranationalist, very imperialist, and czarist thought of a Russia that believes it has the right to invade any neighboring country. I don’t know to what extent it can be taken to common sense from diplomacy”, he expressed.
A Around him, the demonstrators carried flags and banners and chanted slogans such as “Putin aggressor”, “Putin fascist, great terrorist”, “Russians out of Ukraine”, “Ukraine is Europe”, “Putin, Hitler” or “Europe, Ukraine wants peace ”.
Regarding his decision to take to the streets to mobilize against this incursion, he said: “I have come in a personal capacity to express my condemnation of this absurd and cruel attack by Putin on Ukraine,” he said.
“The Russian people are not responsible for the actions of their presidents (…) When one criticizes any type of governance, they do not criticize the population or their identities, they are criticizing the action of a ruler, in this case Putin”, added the actor, nominated this year for the Oscar for Best Actor for “Being the Ricardos”.
At least 40 Ukrainian soldiers have died in attacks perpetrated by the Russian Army against airfields and military bases in the territory of this country.
“I know that now there are more than 40 dead and several dozen wounded”, Alexei Arestovich, Ukraine’s presidential adviser, reported at a press conference, admitting that most of the casualties occurred during the air raids this morning.