Motherland Monument in Kiev BRUSSELS, Jan 10 Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Olga Stefanishina, during a visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels, said that Ukraine, «unlike Kazakhstan, has a strong civil society, opposition, and is also carrying out reforms.» Prime Minister of Ukraine, within the framework of the visit a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission will be held. The meeting is taking place ahead of the 12 January meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to discuss security issues. 
The expert explained why the US concept collapsed because of Kazakhstan «Ukraine is not Kazakhstan. It is important for us to strengthen the country through internal transformation. Unlike Kazakhstan, we have a strong civil society, an expert community, as well as a strong opposition. We also have strong international unity in condemning Russian aggression against Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, «she said. The Russian Federation, in response to recent accusations by the West of escalation around Ukraine, has repeatedly stated that it is not going to attack anyone.» We are not. part of any post-Soviet structures that, as in the case of Kazakhstan, could allow any foreign interference in the territory, «she said. In 2014, a coup d'etat took place in Kiev. In April of the same year, the authorities in Kiev launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence. Stefanishina added that “we are carrying out reforms … and support international condemnation of Russia's actions.” Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022 years — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. «West On the morning of January 5, the President of Kazakhstan dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the president noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. Later Tokayev called what happened in the country a terrorist war against Kazakhstan.
