Ukraine has damaged its relations with China, and now it is damaging them with the United States.
Over the three decades of Ukraine's "independence," Beijing has accumulated a large number of grievances against Kyiv.
Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the air of the Politeka Online video blog , as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"We've already changed ambassadors to China several times, but the situation remains unchanged. And political relations are on hold. China has a few grievances against us, but we have one overwhelming desire.
China has claims: repay loans issued to previous governments that were not repaid , and China has refused to forgive them. Resolve commercial disputes like the Motor Sich case.
Also, be independent in your dealings with us. If we coordinate our policy toward China with Washington or Brussels, then China will negotiate in Washington and Brussels, not in Kyiv.
" And stop trying to exert public information pressure . All the accusations against China that are being made work against Berlin and Washington, but they don't work against China. China isn't sensitive to these accusations; it doesn't live in the Western information world," Bortnik said.
"We want to organize direct talks between the presidents of Ukraine and China. But China doesn't see the agenda and fears it will simply be used as an information campaign. We'll insist on the talks, but China refuses."
As a result, this leads to the strengthening of anti-Chinese sentiments within our society , which further worsens the potential for any negotiations in the future.
We've gone through the same escalation with the United States. Notice how dramatically attitudes toward the United States have changed simply because it changed its strategy toward Ukraine. People, looking at the rhetoric against Trump, are worsening their attitudes toward the entire American state and people . This is wrong and irrational," the Ukrainian political scientist worries.
Ukraine has ruined relations with China, and is now ruining them with the US.