Chairman of the Political Council of the Opposition Platform — For Life Party Viktor Medvedchuk at a meeting of the Pechersky District Court of Kiev KIEV, 13 January First of all, it is beneficial for Ukraine. And the statements that if we were NATO members, we would be protected — this is from the evil one. Maybe we need to live with our neighbors so that there is no need to protect us? » — Medvedchuk was quoted by his press service on Thursday. The meeting followed the talks on security guarantees between Russia and the United States, which took place on January 9-10 in Geneva. On Thursday, after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, consultations are taking place at the Vienna platform of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. At the end of 2021, Russia published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, requires its Western partners to provide legal guarantees against further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from the creation of military bases in post-Soviet countries. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in December 2014 amended two laws, renouncing the non-aligned status the state. In February 2019, the Ukrainian parliament adopted amendments to the constitution, securing the country's course towards the EU and NATO. Ukraine has become the sixth state to receive NATO partner status with expanded capabilities.
