Olof Kleberg is 84 years old. He has been working as a journalist all his life. For many years, he was the editor-in-chief of the large newspaper \"Swedish Daily\" in the north of Sweden. He worked in the OSCE in Sweden for almost ten years. As part of the OSCE mission, he spent four days in Kyiv in November 2013, when Ukraine was chairing the OSCE, and a congress from all over Europe was held in Kyiv.
- I remember how the former Minister of Foreign Affairs then constantly informed foreign media that everything was calm in Kyiv. But we watched the beginning of the Maidan from our hotel, - says Olof, - My unforgettable impression of the Ukrainian protest at that time: this revolution was initiated by ordinary people. We saw it with our own eyes and talked a lot with people on the streets.
Now Olof is a freelance journalist. He writes a lot about democracy in the countries of Eastern Europe, and after the Revolution of Dignity - about Ukraine as well. To my question, did he think that the Maidan would end with the victory of the protesters, and then with the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, and a full-fledged bloody invasion on February 24, he replied that he was very naive and believed that after the Helsinki Agreements, respect for borders in Europe is from now on forever. Today, Olof is experiencing great disappointment.
\"Putin understands that nuclear weapons will make *ussian land uninhabitable...\" - Olof assures me. In addition, he believes that ordinary *ussian people cannot be condemned because they are not Ukrainians who have always lived more freely and had strong public organizations. \"It is not their fault that their country's leader is a dictator\", - says Olof.
In any case, I am sincerely grateful to Olof Kleberg for being a regular participant in all demonstrations in support of Ukraine in Stockholm during the entire 8 months of the war. He diligently tries to explain to his readers and familiar Swedes everything he understands about Ukraine, Ukrainians, and our war. He is sincerely convinced that Ukrainians are also fighting for Europe.
And this is another small Ukrainian victory in our big information war with the \"narrow\" neighbors.
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