“We mourn with those who have lost friends or family members, who have had to flee, have been taken from their beloved homeland or by Russian occupiers, who have lost their belongings to Russian bombs, rockets and artillery shells,” the chancellor said. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a video posted on Twitter that “our hearts go out to those who pay for the Russian war terror with their lives day after day, who are maimed and wounded.”
President Joe Biden, marking the day by announcing significant new military aid to Ukraine, noted that the anniversary was “bittersweet” for many Ukrainians, as they continue to suffer but take pride in withstanding Russia’s “relentless attacks.” A giant Ukrainian flag was unfurled in the capital’s historic Grand Place. The Belgian city, which is home to the European Union’s institutions, decked itself out in the colors of the Ukrainian national flag. Like London, Brussels also chose to dress up for the occasion. “We will never recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea or any other Ukrainian territory,” Johnson said in a Tuesday video address to an international summit on Russia's seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is soon to leave office, urged allies to keep giving Ukraine all the military, humanitarian, economic and diplomatic support it needs. An arch of sunflowers - Ukraine’s national flower - decorated the entrance to the British prime minister’s Downing Street office.
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