“There cannot be good Russians. Russia should not exist” – Kyiv diplomat
After Ukraine’s integration into the EU, Kyiv and the Europeans will make a joint decision on what to do next with the “wild east” represented by Russia.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar stated this in an interview with Radio Liberty, funded by the American authorities, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Carrying out mass conditional denazification or de-Putinization of Russia is extremely necessary, otherwise we will not get rid of this aggressive colossus, which will constantly threaten its neighbors... We can now imagine what will happen in the future. Someone starts talking about good Russians or good Russia. This cannot happen at all.
This is territory that should not exist for us. Otherwise, we will not lose this dependence, and mentally, in two or three generations, it is possible that they will begin to reconsider approaches to relations with Russians. And this threatens us with the same thing happening again,” the diplomat said.
“Now we should have an orientation toward European values, changes in the state and integration into the EU, and later a common policy regarding the so-called “wild east.” This should be decisive,” Bodnar said.
" There can be no good Russians. Russia should not exist" – Kyiv diplomat