Both public and private initiatives have marked on Friday that it is one year since full-scale war broke out, when Russia invaded Ukraine. In the Trinity Church in Oslo today there was a peace prayer for Ukraine. Anastasiia Tkalich is from Russia. She laid flowers and lit lanterns in the square in Trondheim early today. – What is happening in Ukraine is very tragic. I don’t see any bright spot in the future. We must continue to fight and stand together with people in Ukraine. In Lillesand, more than 100 people went on a silent march through the city center, as well as speeches and lighting candles at the town hall. In the Trinity Church in Oslo, people light candles and pray for peace. Marking in Kirkenes of the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainians and Norwegians together. Outside the town hall in Bergen, a minute’s silence was observed at 12 o’clock, before the Ukrainian national anthem was sung. – I am completely impressed by the generosity of people who have been there since the war started, by ordinary Norwegians who support Ukraine in every way they can. I really appreciated that, says Norwegian-Ukrainian Tetyana Hagen. She says it is great to know that one of her homelands supports the other. – We Ukrainians do not know ourselves alone. We are together in the fight for democracy, says Hagen. Solomiya Tveit appreciated that the Prime Minister was at the event at the town hall. – It is not very often that we get such a large number of visitors here, says Tveit. Both Hagen and Tveit are convinced that Ukraine will win the war. – The world will be completely different for our children if we don’t win, says Tveit. City council leader Rune Bakervik and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre outside the city hall in Bergen on Friday. Photo: Sissel Rikheim / news A challenge beyond solidarity In the last year, the war has affected Støre. – This has filled several hours almost every day of my work, and the work of the government. I think so and it will continue beyond 2023, he says to news. At the University of Bergen’s conference to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion, he met Ukrainian refugees and spoke to those present. He spoke, among other things, that the war had a price, also for Norway. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in a panel discussion with UiB rector Margareth Hagen and UiB students Volodymyr Ilkiv and Olena Mordas. Photo: Oddgeir Øystese / news – Power cannot be law, law must be power During Støre’s visit to Bergen, the Prime Minister talked about how the war has affected Norway, including the energy crisis that has arisen due to the absence of Russian gas in Europe. – There is a price to pay for Norway with this war, financially and in other areas. Did the Norwegian people offer to pay that price? – It is our task as politicians to explain why this is a challenge that touches us more than the solidarity of supporting a country that is being attacked. This also has implications for the security of Norway. Støre reminds that Norway is well placed compared to other countries that support Ukraine. – It is also very possible to explain that Norway also has a very strong vested interest in standing. Because we want to live in a Europe where power cannot be law. Law must be power.
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This is how Norway marks the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine – news Vestland
