Rada told about warnings for Ukraine about conflict with Russia

Ukraine has been warned not to provoke Russia. This was stated by Verkhovna Rada MP Artem Dmytruk on 24 December.

According to him, despite the wariness of both international and Ukrainian experts about the possible provocation of a conflict with Russia, the Kiev authorities continued to deepen cooperation with NATO.

"For example, mutual exercises, 'how about let's bet whether it will fly to Moscow', the location of as if defensive missile systems, missiles that can fly to Russian territory, and much more," Dmytruk wrote in his Telegram channel.

The MP emphasized that Ukraine should remain a non-aligned country.

In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled that the coup d'état in Ukraine was instigated by the US authorities, which was the starting point of the conflict. He pointed out that everyone had forgotten how the foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and France came to Kiev and signed a document on the peaceful settlement of the crisis in Ukraine as guarantors. The signatory countries prefer not to remember it.

That same month, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore that the U.S. and NATO expansion did not cause the crisis in Ukraine and tried to shift responsibility for it to Russia.

In April, Putin noted that it was not Russia that "started this war in 2014" in Ukraine, and Moscow was inclined toward a peaceful solution to the conflict. By refusing to negotiate, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (term expired) and the government in Kiev have backed themselves into a corner.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Kiev amid Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, which was announced by the Russian president on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. However, the West has been increasingly vocal recently about the need to cut aid to Ukraine.