— It is impossible to imagine a worse moment to cause such a crisis in relations with Poland. Why am I talking about this? Because we are on the eve of important decisions about opening EU negotiation clusters, we are on the eve of the NATO summit, we are on the eve of important decisions about providing us with financial and defense support. And of course, what is happening in our relations with Poland is not to our advantage, said Yeliseyev.
On Radio NV, the former diplomat shared a very harsh assessment of the causes of the crisis in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
— My version is this: I believe that the president of Ukraine was framed. Who framed him? I believe there should be an investigation because it does not serve the interests of the state. I wouldn't like to say it's treason, but it harms our state interests and that's why I hope that those who framed the president in this way will be held accountable, he said, without naming specific names.
In his opinion, the people who were supposed to frame Zelensky “picked the moment” for the president to sign the decision.
The storm surrounding Volodymyr Zelensky's decision
At the end of May, Volodymyr Zelensky named one of the units of the Ukrainian army “UPA Heroes”. This is an elite unit, the Independent Special Operations Center “Północ”. As he said, he did it “in order to restore the historical traditions of the national army and taking into account the exemplary performance of entrusted tasks while defending the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine.”
