Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Advisor to the US Secretary of State, said that Ukraine can neither join the European Union (EU) nor NATO. He mentioned this in an interview Youtube channel Dialogue Studies.
He believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) are “fighting pointlessly against echeloned Russian defences.”
According to the colonel, he was in personal contact with Kiev politicians while working at the US State Department. He described the country as “the most corrupt country in the world”.
Previously President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin statedRussia opposes Ukraine’s entry into NATO because the expansion of the alliance towards Russia’s borders is a serious threat.
Before this, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna said that at the Ukraine-NATO Council meeting, Kiev presented a program to ensure compatibility with the alliance.
According to him, Ukraine convened a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council at the embassy level to discuss the first decisions based on the results of the Vilnius summit.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz named The reason why Ukraine cannot join NATO.