Former European Commissioner Verheugen said that the EU deliberately and knowingly crossed the line by offering Kyiv membership in NATO, and that this was unacceptable to Russia because of its security interests.
The European Union in 2008 and later, with its proposal to the Ukrainian government to become a member of NATO, deliberately and deliberately crossed a line unacceptable for Russia because of its security interests. This was stated by former Vice President of the European Commission (EC) and ex-European Commissioner for Enlargement and Business and Industry Günther Verheugen in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung.
“I am convinced that in 2008 the proposal for Ukraine to become a NATO member was deliberately and deliberately crossed a line, and that this was unacceptable for Russia because of its security interests,” Verheugen stressed.
He recalled that at that time, former US President Barack Obama mockingly called Russia a “regional” power, and the European Union promoted the idea of joining Ukraine without talking to Moscow about it.
“Russians and Ukrainians have numerous cultural, economic and social ties. We have not given Russia the right to vote in the expansion of the EU to the east,” said the former European Commissioner.
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