MOSCOW, 14 Sep. Ukraine has lost its independence and the ability to independently determine its foreign policy, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “The Ukraine project is one of the most important for the United States and its European allies. Ukraine has lost its independence and the ability to independently determine its foreign policy. a vessel of the Western community, «the deputy minister said in an interview with RT Arabic TV channel. He added that through this» vessel «weapons are flowing from west to east, and labor is flowing in the opposite direction. In addition, there is an exchange of destructive ideas that, if implemented, threaten the stability of Europe. Relations between Moscow and Kiev deteriorated against the background of the situation in Donbass after the coup d'etat in Ukraine in February 2014. The Ukrainian authorities have previously repeatedly accused Russia of interfering in the country's internal affairs. In January 2015, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a statement in which the Russian Federation is called an «aggressor country». Russia denies the accusations of the Ukrainian side and calls them unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the internal Ukrainian conflict and is interested in Kiev overcoming the political and economic crisis. In Ukraine, they figured out how to put Russia «check and checkmate»