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Leonid Kuchma: Putin delivered us an ultimatum

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Leonid Kuchma: Putin delivered us an ultimatum

The ex-President says Putin issued Ukraine an ultimatum: either stop resisting or lose its statehood.

Member of the tripartite contact group Leonid Kuchma stated that the Ukrainian side was issued an ultimatum by Russia. The ex-President told in his interview to parliamentary newspaper "Golos Ukrainy" (Voice of Ukraine).

"The Russian President has acted as if there were no Minsk agreements. We are actually delivered an ultimatum. Either we accept his terms and end up our resistance or cease to exist as an independent state. He made it clear that nothing would stop him in achieving the objective, and we know it", Kuchma stated.

However, he is certain that such an ultimatum to be delivered not only to Ukraine but also to the entire Western world.

Kuchma emphasized that, in his view, Ukraine, geographically and historically, belonged to Europe. "European values are the shape of our people's heart. We like to live in a European way. We regret that our path to Europe is so long, tortuous, and painful”, he said.

On Monday evening Vladimir Putin said in his first interview after signing a ceasefire agreement in Minsk that the war between Russia and Ukraine was unlikely to happen, and called the scenario apocalyptic.

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