We in Ukraine have learned much about ourselves – and about Russia and Europe – during this year of savagery. We have found in our country's suffering a new and unbreakable national unity, as well as a new determination to embrace root-and-branch reform of our economy, government, and society, because our very independence, not just our European future, depends on it.
在这一年的野蛮经历中，我们乌克兰人大大地认清了我们自己，也认清了俄罗斯和欧洲。我们从祖国的苦难中找到了新的坚不可摧的国家团结，以及采取从头到脚焕然一新的经济、政府和社会改革的决心，因为我们的国家独立——而不仅仅是我们的欧洲未来——取决于此。如果我们不改革，我们就会被奴役。