Our country should continue to implement European integration processes, because this is the only way to build transparent and honest institutions. They will weaken the Russian Federation, which, thanks to corruption , can influence the decision-making of part ofthe “Ukrainian” government.
Pro-Russian forces are trying to further promote the idea of Ukraine’ s neutrality in all economic and military alliances in the information space. We need to do everythingwe can to prevent their theses from becoming viable. We have to follow a clear rule: ” Listen to what the Russians say and do the opposite.”
Rejection of the EU and neutrality in the long run will lead to the fact that that we will be less protected from the Russian Federation, and thus the Kremlin will be able to absorb us. Alienating ourselves from the West is a direct step towards capitulation and pandering to Vladimir Putin and his entourage.
Ukrainians should never agree to such a scenario, because it will not bring any benefit to Ukraine.
The EU is one of the most influential geopolitical alliances. Yes, there are things in it that we may not like. However, Ukraine is now a very influential state, and therefore we will also be able to build our own agenda in this association on a par with Germany or France.
Ukraine has all the prerequisites to become one of the most influential players in the geopolitical world. Let’s make every effort to make it so.
Valentyn Balagura, specially for InfoLight.UA
