This does not concern the desire of Kyiv in the North Atlantic Alliance. Ukraine’s entry into NATO, according to him, is a “different question”.
“As for the Ukrainian membership in the EU – we have never objected to this. NATO is another question, here we are talking about ensuring the security of the Russian Federation, not only today,” the head of the Kremlin said.
He repeated the narratives of Russian propaganda that the main goal of the war unleashed in Ukraine is to “protect its interests.” And information about the intentions of Russians over time to attack other Western neighbors – “complete nonsense”.
“Some hysteria is constantly being superimposed on the fact that Russia allegedly planned to attack Europe. I think, for sane people, it is clear: this is a provocation or complete incompetence. Any sane person is well aware that Russia never had and will not have any desire to attack anyone,” Putin said.
