Ukraine held a funeral for the first president after independence on the 17th local time. President Zelensky and first lady Yelena Zelenskaya participated together. This is the first time that the two have appeared publicly together in nearly three months since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The loving couple, Rensky, dressed in all black clothes, attended the ceremony with officials such as Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The whole ceremony was solemn and Zelensky looked serious. I don’t know if it was a concern for the situation in Ukraine or a nostalgia for Krafchuk.
Kravchuk was born in January 1934 in a migrant worker family in Rovno Prefecture, Ukraine. His father was a soldier and died in WWII . On May 10, 2022, Krafchuk died of illness at the age of 88.
In 1958, he graduated from the University of Kiev and received his associate doctorate in economics. After graduation, he served as a teacher in political economy at Chernowitz School of Finance and Economics, and he did not serve as a teacher for a long time.
Many politicians have been teachers. The biggest feature of being a teacher is that they cultivate a sense of responsibility, which will be of great help to his future politics.
In 1960, Krafchuk began to do party affairs. Because of his outstanding work achievements, he served as the Central Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, a Minister of Propaganda of the Party Central Committee and a Secretary of the Party Committee of the Prefecture.
In 1988, he was promoted to the Second Secretary of the Ukrainian Party Central Committee, responsible for the ideological work. In July 1990, he was elected as the chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet and became a member of the Soviet Federal Council.
was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In September 1991, he served as a member of the Soviet State Council. He was elected as the first president of Ukraine on December 1, 1991. On December 12, 1991, he served as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine became an independent country, and Krafchuk became Ukraine's first president. After taking office, Krafchuk implemented a pro-US and close Western policy, staying away from or even attacking Russian elder brother.
Originally, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine inherited some of the advanced weapons of the former Soviet Union, even including the nuclear weapon , which can destroy the world. The United States is quite afraid of it, and other European countries also feel that the existence of Ukraine is a huge threat.
They wish Ukraine would throw away all these weapons as soon as possible. They didn't want the Soviet Union to fall and stood up again with a powerful Ukraine. In order to win the favor of the United States and other countries, Krafchuk actually ordered the destruction of all military weapons.
Now the United States is happy, Ukraine is no longer threatening, and its international status is much worse than before. The economy is not good, the military destroys the Great Wall itself, and this wave of operation is incomprehensible.
Krafchuk's political achievements as the first president were also lacking in contentment and he did not do any grand and grand cause.
During his tenure, he strongly advocated the implementation of market economy , issuing its own currency, and expanding foreign trade. However, the economic level was average, the inflation rate reached a historical high, and people's lives did not improve. In the second half of 1993, Ukraine's political and economic crisis worsened, and Krafchuk had no good way to improve this situation.
In order to overcome this difficulty, Krafchuk suggested that he decided to shorten the term of parliament and presidential office. A general election was held in June 1994, and Krafchuk was defeated. The founding president stepped down after only three years of working, which is a pity.
After that, the Ukrainian war broke out, the eastern region was turbulent, the country's currency depreciated, the economy continued to decline, and the lives of the people were plummeting. The first president's pension continued to shrink, and his life was very miserable. He also complained about this. The bitter fruit you sow, you must taste it yourself, and that's the price.
In his later years, Krafchuk often reflected on himself and finally came to a conclusion: "I would rather have someone chopped my hand." It seems that he regretted the wrong thing he did back then.
people are like this. Since you have chosen, you have to pay for the choice. Krafchuk, as the founding president, absolutely has a responsibility for everything in Ukraine today.
There is no medicine for regret in the world. Krafchuk left this world in regret and pain. However, the war in Ukraine is about to stop, otherwise Zelensky and the first lady Yelena Zelenskaya would not have time to attend his funeral.
The British " Daily Mail " reported that since the war started, Yelena and her husband Zelensky could only contact by phone, because she and her two children were worried that they would be in danger of their lives when they returned to Kiev, so the first lady rarely showed up. This is understandable, after all, it is in Ukraine where war is raging.
The soldiers of the Azov Steel Plant withdrew, does it mean that the war is about to be extinguished, so the first lady will appear in public. The last time I showed up, I met with the First Lady of the United States. This time I attended the funeral of the first president, the first lady of Ukraine showed up, which is of special significance.
This is also the second time that the first lady of Ukraine has shown her face since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Former President Krafchuk is still very proud. Although there was a wave of magical operations that led to the current situation in Ukraine, it was an old man after all, and the dead are the most important thing. Let's go and have a look. Zelensky, the young president, is still very kind and just, let's go and have a last journey!
Zelensky and his wife attended the funeral together. Does it mean that the situation in Ukraine will become clearer? Mariupol soldiers have retreated. The rest is to sit down with the Russian elder brother and negotiate well. The right way is to end the war as soon as possible, because no one can live a good life under the war. Ukrainians Nigeria needs peace, and Russia hopes for peace in the world more.
