Soldier at the tactical exercise «Three swords-2021» with the participation of the armed forces of Ukraine and NATO countries at the Yavoriv training ground in the Lviv region< strong>MOSCOW, January 14Ukraine will lose territories if it joins NATO, and the only way for the country to survive in its current form is neutrality, political analyst Ruslan Bortnik said on the air of the Nash channel. The expert said that Ukraine is too big a country that can radically change the geopolitical alignment between Russia and the West. «If we become part of Russia, we critically strengthen Russia. If we become part of the West, we critically strengthen the West,» he said. Bortnik called on the Kiev authorities » go nowhere» but proclaim the off-block status and stick with it.Ukraine was pointed to the disappointing signals of NATO and the EU» As soon as they try to put us in one basket, on the other hand they shout: «No, no, let's chop ourselves off a little to equally decompose. Give us a half or a third. «And this is historically divided — we have already been divided many times because of this,» the political scientist continued. In his opinion, Ukraine should «go inside itself» and be self-sufficient. At the same time, Bortnik stated the need to integrate economically with the West and preserve the Russian market for his products. «God forbid we will have a real chance of joining NATO,» the expert concluded. 01/e1c06f807c8a83e1b70cd7b9e3578379.jpg» />Ukraine is «making itself crazy in front of the whole world,» Rada deputy said At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the East, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. After the 2014 coup d'état, Ukraine began to aggressively pursue a policy of integration with the West. In the wake of these expectations, changes were made to the country's constitution, which fixed the country's course towards the EU and NATO. At the same time, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that in order to join, Kiev would need to meet a number of criteria, which would take a long time. Pushkov exposed a cunning plan for Ukraine's membership in NATO
