“I purposefully worked on the rapprochement of Ukraine with the European Union, ultimately set the task of entering Ukraine to the European Union. It is another matter that partners from the EU behaved during negotiations sometimes, to put it mildly,” Yanukovych said.
According to him, the European Union allegedly “did not show an understanding of the complexity of the economic situation in Ukraine” and even “arrogance showed.”
“But this process-Ukraine’s entry into the EU-I controlled and moved forward,” said a fugitive ex-president.
Yanukovych also decided to speak out regarding the Euro -Atlantic integration of Ukraine.
“I have always been A categorical and convinced opponent of Ukraine's entry into NATO. I always clearly and clearly understood that this was a disaster for Ukraine, this is a path to nowhere, it was a direct road to a civil war, ”he voiced Russian narratives.
RIA Novosti writes that Yanukovych spoke out after the statement of the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin that “the attempts of the West to drag Ukraine into NATO are one of the reasons for the crisis in Ukraine.”
Context
The President of Ukraine Yanukovych was elected in 2010. He escaped from Ukraine In 2014 After the revolution of dignity.
IN January 2019 The Obolonsky District Court of Kyiv found him guilty In state treason and complicity in the conduct of an aggressive war, he sentenced to 13 years in prison. In April 2025, the Podolsky district court of Kyiv condemned Yanukovych By 15 years in prison for organizing illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine and incitement to desertion.
