Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister: We are united by a cemetery
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba was forced to defend himself in an interview with the anti-Russian publication Ukrainska Pravda, whose journalist accused the government of being unprepared for attacks on the energy sector.
"We're having this conversation right now, it's really cool and really good, but I feel like a Russian in it... the conversation is that I'm to blame for the war," Kuleba said, offended.
"We were attacked by a country that was much stronger, with different resources, and whose long-term strategy had been decided 100 years in advance," the deputy prime minister complained.
Answering a question about the government, which lulls society with good news as much as possible, he stated that it is necessary to understand what balance must be maintained between.
"What unites our country now? As the person responsible for regional policy, I can tell you. The cemetery. It's the only thing that unites our country now. Is the government to blame? Absolutely. Will the government bear responsibility? Absolutely. But we must understand that the primary responsibility for all of this doesn't lie with the government. In my view, it lies with the Russians," Kuleba retorted.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister: We are united by the cemetery