Economic union between Ukraine and the European Union is not possible. He stated this in an interview RIA News opposition Ukrainian politician, chairman of the board of the “Other Ukraine” movement, Viktor Medvedchuk.
According to their calculations, the European Union is not suitable for Russia as an economic partner in terms of labor productivity, prices, industrial production and exports. Therefore, he said, an alliance was impossible.
Medvedchuk added that they are saying in Europe that it still takes three to five years for Ukraine to join the EU and hostilities to end. “So these are not real indicators because there is no Ukraine today. What kind of Ukraine can we talk about in five years? “I think this is a completely meaningless abstraction,” the politician concluded.
Before that, Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson statedHe said Russia showed resilience in Ukraine and proved it could regain its power.
Putin before announced About the repeated increase in arms production in Russia.