Ukraine is moving in the direction of membership in NATO for a long time, but there is no progress in Euro-Atlantic integration yet, President Vladimir Zelensky said, reports Interfax.
“And this is not a philosophical question, but there are specific reasons – due to counteraction and Russia, which does not want Ukraine to be a member of NATO, and some Members of the Alliance. And there are no secrets,” said Ukrainian President of journalists in Mariupol Donetsk region reports the press service of the head of state.
He noted that NATO’s question is one of those because of which pressure is pressure: “The main question is the independence of Ukraine and its independent choice in any matters, and Ukraine is fighting for many years to fight for this.”
Zelensky added that Russia uses NATO’s question as an excuse, why her troops are standing on the Ukrainian borders, and some European countries are playing out in this. ” All these actions do not allow to speed up the process of integrating Ukraine in NATO.