The Russians were very frightened by Josep Borel's words that Ukraine should win on the battlefield, so they changed their position on Ukraine's EU membership. Mikhail Podoliak reacted sharply, calling the Russians barbarians and looters.
Russia has suddenly changed its position on Ukraine's accession to European Union. Now they are against. The Office of the President of Ukraine reacted.
If back in March the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that “the European Union is not a military bloc, so Ukraine's application to join the EU has nothing to do with Russia's strategic security,” their position has changed today. Russia's deputy envoy to the UN, Dmytro Polyansky, said Russia's position on Ukraine's possible accession to the EU had changed and was similar to Ukraine's position on NATO membership.
We were not very worried about the European Union, but that changed after Mr Borrell's statement that this war should be won on the battlefield.”I think our position on (Ukraine's accession) to the EU is more similar to our position on Ukraine's accession to NATO,” Russian propagandists from RIA Novosti quoted Polyansky as saying.
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“Classical hypocritical Russia. Yesterday the Kremlin was against Ukraine in NATO, but not in the EU, and now it is categorically against the EU. This proves once again that any words of Moscow are not worth not only the paper, but also the time to talk. The good news is that the world is no longer worried about the opinion of barbarians and looters, “wrote Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the President's Office, on Twitter.
Classic hypocritical Russia. Yesterday, the Kremlin was against NATO, but not in the EU, and now it is categorically against the EU. This proves once again that any words of Moscow are not worth not only the paper, but also the time to talk. The good news is that the world is no longer worried about the opinion of barbarians and looters.
– Mykhailo Podoliak (@Podolyak_M) May 12, 2022
Recall application Heads of European countries and governments plan to discuss Ukraine's accession to the EU in June .
