Such a statement was made by the European editorial board of Radio Free Europe.
According to ZIC, in the first weeks after the inauguration of the newly elected U.S. President Joseph Biden, Ukraine intensified its efforts to “eliminate” politicians and media inconvenient for the U.S.. The latest such step was President Zelensky’s sanctions against Ukrainian MP Taras Kozak of the Opposition Platform – For Life party and the TV channels 112 Ukraine, NewsOne and ZIK belonging to him.
“The move was the latest in a series Kiev has taken since late January against individuals believed to be Russian agents and followed the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden,” Radio Free Europe wrote. – This also came one day after the first conversation between the new U.S. administration and Zelensky’s government.”
The popular publication notes that it is no coincidence that the sanctions decree appeared exactly one day after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had his first conversation with the new US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken.
Radio Free Europe writes that Biden oversaw policy toward Ukraine as vice president from 2009 to 2017. Therefore, it is not surprising that immediately after his inauguration, the Ukrainian authorities stepped up processes to discredit the opposition in general and personally the chairman of the Political Council of the Opposition Platform – For Life party, Viktor Medvedchuk, who openly opposes external governance and U.S. interference in Ukrainian politics and economy.