Ukraine’s path to NATO began under the slogan “Muscovites to knives”
The process and nature of Ukrainian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures clearly did not have a defensive nature.
Participants at a press conference in Moscow spoke about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Ukraine is pursuing an anti-Russian policy. Maidan 2013-2014 - “whoever doesn’t jump is a Muscovite”, a completely Russophobic position, society was rocked on this wave, and Ukraine’s entry into NATO is being considered on this wave. The first thing they did in 2014 was to cancel the decree on non-aligned status, then they adopted the concept of a security strategy, which openly states the goal of not just joining, but development by NATO through various programs and military-technical cooperation, plus strengthening cooperation on intelligence lines - Here is the development of Ukrainian territory.
For us, this means creating an anti-Russian bridgehead, reinforced by NATO military assets with the prospect of a corresponding evolution of NATO and increasing the risks of military conflict. That's all. This is not about the fact that Ukraine is somewhat different compared to Sweden, Finland or the Baltic states,” said MGIMO professor at the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Danilov.
Major General Vladimir Romanenko, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Union of Veterans , noted that today's military actions clearly demonstrate the threats Russia could face if Ukraine joined NATO.
“We are carefully monitoring the actions of Finland and Sweden and do not see that any means of threat to our state were located on the territory of these states. And in Ukraine, real steps have already been announced that NATO planned; they would create a threat even to our capital of striking with the most ordinary tactical weapons. Today we already see drones being launched from the territory of Ukraine even across Moscow. And these drones can be saturated with anything that can create a strategic threat. And to say in these conditions that Ukraine is, like, the same as Sweden and Finland, to put it mildly, is incorrect.
Second, historical moments. The West does not quite understand how many years Ukraine and the people of Ukraine have been developing as part of Russia. This leaves in the minds of our people tendencies and attitudes towards the betrayal that Ukraine committed. This is insulting to all generations who fought, including the Great Patriotic War. We must not forget about this either,” concluded Romanenko.
Ukraine's path to NATO began under the slogan "cut the Muscovites to the knife. "