‘Utter bullsh*t’: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry responds to Russia’s latest demand on NATO
Photo: Heorhii Tykhyi, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Vitalii Nosach/RBC-Ukraine)
Russia has no right to issue ultimatums to NATO or demand the withdrawal of the Bucharest pledge regarding Ukraine’s accession, Heorhii Tykhyi, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA), reports.
Russia`s demands
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax, claimed that Ukraine’s potential NATO membership allegedly "makes achieving peace in Ukraine and, more broadly, the creation of any security architecture impossible."
Grushko called NATO’s Summit Bucharest's decision to eventually include Georgia and Ukraine in the Alliance "catastrophic for European security."
“The failure to withdraw this formulation creates an ambiguity that is absolutely unacceptable for us…,” Grushko stated.
Reaction from Ukraine’s MFA
“Aw shucks, North Korea’s ally issuing ultimatums to NATO. Utter bullsh*t. Moscow has no say here,” Tykhyi remarked.
The spokesperson added that it is Russia waging an aggressive war in Europe with its occupation forces currently present in Ukraine and other European countries.
“European security architecture is built on protection from Russia,” Tykhyi noted.
Ukraine’s NATO membership
In October 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that most NATO countries support the first point of the Victory Plan - inviting Ukraine to join the Alliance. However, skepticism persists from Germany, which aligns its stance with the United States, while Hungary and Slovakia remain categorically opposed to Ukraine’s membership.
Ukraine, for its part, does not consider NATO membership in exchange for abandoning the territories occupied by Russia. As Polish President Andrzej Duda noted, inviting Ukraine to NATO could be an essential first step toward ensuring real security guarantees.
