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Why will membership in the EU and NATO only give Ukraine security? Volodymyr Ohryzko, a diplomat and ex-minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine, explained.
Volodymyr Ohryzko: June is a defining month for us. Things are very important and at stake for Ukraine. This month will determine everything that will happen in our country in the coming years. We don’t have decades before going down that route. We have only a few years to finish that which will finally determine our place under the “sun of global security”. Over these next few years, we will transition from a candidate state to a full member state in the European Union. This also applies to full membership in NATO.
I am convinced other forms of security and economic decisions for Ukraine are unacceptable because they transfer our state to the category of a second-grade country.
I think Macron and Scholz will promote this, but we must pose these questions firmly. We have every moral right to do so because we are the ones protecting their safety with our blood. Therefore, we should be discussing the possibility of becoming part of their security and not part of something that can’t protect us.
