The fact that the Ukrainian army stopped the invasion of Russia is the second case after the USSR broke his teeth on Afghanistan.

So says political activist, dissident, chief redactor Gazeta Wyborcza, Adam Michnik, according to the Censor.NET reference to TVN24. "Ukraine stopped the invasion of Putin. This is the second such case. The USSR came to Czechoslovakia and Hungary, but broke the teeth on Afghanistan. Now the Russians have broken them in Ukraine. Ukraine is their second Afghanistan", he said.

According to Adam Michnik, the Russian President Vladimir Putin has put itself into a trap. His first mistake was to make Viktor Yanukovych not to sign the Association agreement with the EU, the second is to think that Ukrainians can be broken by force, third - to think that NATO and the EU are not too respond to local conflicts and he can just as easily take the Eastern Ukraine, Crimea. "It turned out that it is not. After the Olympics, and at a time when the President of Ukraine Yanukovych, Putin was in the hands of all the cards. Now he's a politician in isolation, everyone knows that he is a liar and don't believe a word he says. The only thing I'm afraid of Western policy - its unpredictability," believes Michnik.

According to him, the only chance for Russia is the establishment of democracy in Ukraine, therefore, the West needs now to help Ukraine build a democracy. In addition, you need to allow arms shipments to Ukraine. "Because he only understands the language of force and wants to take Ukraine without war. Well, you should know that without war will not take," said Michnik. He appreciated the political regime in Russia as "rotten authoritarianism". "I was wrong when I thought that Putin is a typical Soviet KGB - they are usually predictable, but Putin" no," said Michnik.

Source: http://censor.net.ua/