According to the former president of Ukraine, Russia’s strategic goal is the annexation of Belarus.
According to Interfax, the leader of the European Solidarity party, Petro Poroshenko, said that the Ukrainians and the European Union needed an independent Belarus.
“Now, these days, state independence is under a huge threat. The strategic goal of Russia is the Anschluss, the capture of Belarus: Putin wants to swallow Belarus … We, the Ukrainians, the European Union, and first of all the Belarusian people, need a real independent Belarusian state, “Poroshenko said during the rally in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine on the European Square in Kiev on Monday.
Judging by the latest statements of major European politicians, unlike Poroshenko, they are in no hurry to turn Belarus into a new Ukraine.