{"id":747,"date":"2022-03-13T16:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/?p=747"},"modified":"2022-03-18T16:56:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:56:42","slug":"march-11-lithuania-independence-day-for-ukraine-reportage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/2022\/03\/13\/march-11-lithuania-independence-day-for-ukraine-reportage\/","title":{"rendered":"March, 11-Lithuania Independence Day for Ukraine-Reportage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Slava Ukraini, Glory to Ukraine<\/strong>. That slogan <strong>echoes on the streets of Vilnius<\/strong> and all of Lithuania. It\u2019s ringing in our ears, it&#8217;s before our eyes, <strong>everywhere in this country<\/strong>. On March 11, <strong>restoration of the independence in Lithuania<\/strong>, is become a great moment <strong>to support Ukrainians fighting<\/strong> against the Russian aggression<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH THE VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vilnius, March 11, Independence Day in Lithuania supports Ukraine ITA SUB\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fy73W2tpano?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1990 <strong>Lithuania was the first Soviet Republic to declare its independe<\/strong>nce. In January 1991, <strong>Mr. Gorba\u010d\u00ebv sent tanks to Vilnius<\/strong> to re-establish the Soviet Regime. He was defeated by Lithuanians. Today <strong>another country in Europe, Ukraine, has been attacking by Russia<\/strong>. Putin\u2019s Russia, in this case. <strong>It also happened in 2014, and earlier in Georgia, Chechnya, Syria<\/strong>. A war, not a special operation, how Putin says, <strong>to destroy the Ukrainian nation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Ukraine-beside-the-Parliament.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Ukraine-beside-the-Parliament.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Ukraine-beside-the-Parliament-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Ukraine-beside-the-Parliament-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Ukraine-beside-the-Parliament-640x486.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Commemoration beside the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have never seen <strong>a country embrace another one h<\/strong>ow Lithuania have been doing with Ukraine since the beginning of war. <strong>Solidarity and concrete support for refugees<\/strong>. Thousands of flags, Lithuanian and Ukrainian, all together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were in the capital Vilnius. Since early morning people took to streets <strong>to celebrate their Independence Day and to march for Ukraine<\/strong>: in front of the Parliament, along the Gedimino Avenue, in Cathedral square. <strong>A flow of people and thousands of flags of both countries, and even Belarusian<\/strong> opposition flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Vilnius-for-Ukraine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Vilnius-for-Ukraine.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Vilnius-for-Ukraine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Vilnius-for-Ukraine-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/March-11-Vilnius-for-Ukraine-640x428.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Ukrainian flag 200 meters long along<\/strong> the Gedimino avenue to the Cathedral. In front there is the Lithuanian one. <strong>Many Ukrainians has escaped from the war<\/strong> and they have found <strong>refuge in Lithuania<\/strong>. Some of the them were on the march, <strong>holding their flag tight<\/strong>. They arrived <strong>from Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other cities<\/strong> that Putin has been bombing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/double-take\/russias-war-on-ukraine-in-context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"since February 24\">since February 24<\/a><\/strong>. Everyone <strong>thanks to Lithuania for its huge and warm hug.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll never forget<\/strong> that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH THE VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vilnius, March 11, Independence Day in Lithuania supports Ukraine ITA SUB\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fy73W2tpano?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/2022\/03\/11\/ukraine-interview-vice-minister-foreign-affairs-lithuania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"interview to the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania\">interview to the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania<\/a> on <strong>the war in Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukrainians-and-Belarusians-March-for-freedom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukrainians-and-Belarusians-March-for-freedom.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukrainians-and-Belarusians-March-for-freedom-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukrainians-and-Belarusians-March-for-freedom-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ukrainians-and-Belarusians-March-for-freedom-640x488.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Ukrainian flag and Belarusian opposition flag<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slava Ukraini, Glory to Ukraine. That slogan echoes on the streets of Vilnius and all of Lithuania. It\u2019s ringing in our ears, it&#8217;s before our eyes, everywhere in this country. On March 11, restoration of the independence in Lithuania, is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1],"tags":[27,34,124,13,11,125,91,95,98,118,41,24,85,119],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}