“The latecomer should rather abandon his ambitions (to join) NATO. Striving Kiev joining the alliance is the key to continuing, not ending, the war,” a Russian parliamentarian wrote on social media Leonid Słucki.
As the politician stated, “ideas to freeze the conflict are also unacceptable,” and Russia will not allow “Western people” to arm Ukrainians “under the guise of agreements.” Slutsky stated in the entry that hostilities would be suspended due to military superiority Russian armyand annexed Ukrainian territories they will forever remain a part Russian Federation.
Let us remind you: Inviting Ukraine to join NATO is one of the elements “victory plan”presented last month by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. in a Friday interview with Sky News Ukrainian leader was asked to comment on reports about the US president-elect's plan Donald Trumpwhose goal is to end the war in Ukraine. According to it, Kyiv would give back Moscow lands occupied by Russian troops in exchange for Ukraine's accession to NATO.
War in Ukraine. An unusual proposal from Volodymyr Zelensky
– If we want to stop the hot phase of the war, we must bring it under the umbrella of NATO territory of Ukraine that we control, said the president of Ukraine, adding that “no one has proposed NATO membership for this or that part of Ukraine.” – But the invitation must be addressed to Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. You can't invite just one part of the country – he emphasized. – We have to do this quickly. And then occupied territories of Ukraine can be regained through diplomacy – Zelensky summed up.
On the same day, Reuters revealed the content of a letter from the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Andriy Sybiha, who appealed to countries NATOso that during next week's meeting in Brussels sent an invitation to Kiev with a formal request to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. “I appeal to you to support the decision, to invite Ukraine to the Alliance at a meeting of foreign ministers of countries NATO on December 3-4, 2024,” wrote Sybiha, quoted by the media.
The minister emphasized that, in the opinion of the Ukrainian authorities, “the invitation should be sent now.” “This will be an adequate response by allies to the continued escalation by… Russia the war it caused, the latest example of which is the participation of tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and treating Ukraine as a testing ground new weapons,” the politician said.
Source: TASS, Reuters, Sky News