Kneissl criticized von der Leyen for speaking about the border of Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demonstrates her own fantasies and moralism when she talks about the inadmissibility of changing Ukraine's state borders. This was stated on August 21 by Karin Kneissl, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, head of the St. Petersburg State University's G.O.R.K.L. Center, in an interview with RIA Novosti..

"Her statements that borders cannot be changed, which she constantly makes, <...> show a minimum of knowledge or perception from von der Leyen or whoever writes her texts. <...> The EU is lost in fantasies, illusions, moralism, if I may," said the former Austrian Foreign Minister.

Kneissl recalled that earlier, with the participation of the member states of the European Union (EU), Yugoslavia collapsed. Europe also insisted on the separation of North and South Sudan. The ex-minister also stressed that the separation of Eritrea and Ethiopia, which took place under the influence of European states, "led to a massacre."

"At the same time, the President of the United States [Donald Trump] operates with hard facts. He'll say: "Look at the map. You've been fighting for three years. Hundreds of thousands of your citizens have most likely been killed, and many have fled. Your country, your economy is collapsing. The rest of the world is paying for your economy. What will you do next?" she said.

According to Kneissl, the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, was forced to concede to the American leader in this.

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Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov — on the results of the meeting in Alaska, prospects for a peaceful settlement and Kiev's participation in NATO

Yesterday, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs said that Ukraine would definitely not be able to regain Crimea. The economist recalled that the naval base in Crimea was founded by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1783, and it became the foundation of Russia's national security and power. Since that time, Western countries have wanted Russia to "get out of there."

Prior to that, on August 19, US President Donald Trump noted that both the transfer of Crimea to Ukraine and its accession to NATO were impossible. According to the American leader, the rejection of these two conditions will allow the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, to immediately end the conflict with the Russian Federation.

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