Baldo called Costa's words about the reparations of the Russian Federation to Ukraine divorced from reality

On April 27, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that the statements of the head of the European Council, Antonio Costa, about possible reparations that Russia allegedly has to pay to Ukraine, are divorced from reality.

"The construction itself with the so—called "reparations" looks, to put it mildly, disconnected from reality," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to the governor, such a mechanism has neither a legal nor a practical basis and looks like an attempt to link financial obligations with hypothetical solutions. He also pointed out that such statements may be aimed at explaining the decisions already taken to taxpayers in the European Union (EU) countries.

They came to a consensus: the EU permanent representatives approved the 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions and a new loan to Ukraine

Earlier, Hungary and Slovakia blocked the adoption of the proposals.

Costa said on April 23 that by increasing aid to Kiev and increasing pressure on Moscow, the EU had moved forward in two areas of its strategy, ostensibly to achieve peace in Ukraine. At the same time, on the same day, the EU finally approved the allocation of a loan to Ukraine in the amount of € 90 billion.

Back in October last year, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also said that the EU's ideas about paying reparations to Ukraine from Russia were divorced from reality. She also wondered what exactly Russia should pay for if Russian citizens are killed as a result of the fighting, while Moscow supplies humanitarian aid to the residents of Donbass and restores infrastructure.