Expert: Poroshenko influenced the statements of Ukraine's ambassador to NATO

NATO flag on Independence Square in KievMOSCOW, Feb 14 Statement by Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko that Kiev may abandon its desire to join NATO in order to “avoid war” reflects the mood of a part of the Ukrainian elite that is ready to compromise with the West, says RIAC expert, senior researcher at the Russian State Humanitarian University Alexander Gushchin. Earlier, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko admitted, that Kiev may abandon the desire to join NATO in order to «avoid war.» The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that these words were «taken out of context.» Prystaiko later claimed that his words were misunderstood.The United States is dragging Ukraine to warIn an interview with RIA Novosti, Gushchin noted that Prystaiko is connected with the team of the previous president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko — even under him, Prystaiko was deputy foreign minister, «worked very seriously with the Americans, with the Anglo-Saxons.» In Ukraine, different groups of elites oriented towards the West are playing a different game… (Prystaiko's statements) this is an expression of the position of a certain group of Ukrainian elites … who are connected with the West and who are ready to make certain concessions that the West needs today on the Ukrainian issue, «- said Gushchin. The West is now not ready to accept Ukraine into NATO, so the groups of the Ukrainian elite associated with Poroshenko send a signal to the West — they are ready to refuse to join NATO and thus will not put the West in an uncomfortable position, the expert believes. from (joining NATO) is a rejection of what is already impossible in the near future, but it is presented as if Ukraine is making serious concessions and is ready to enter a new track in the negotiation process, given the position of Russia… This is a pass to the West from these groups, who say that it would be easier to negotiate with them than with the country's leadership,» the expert assessed. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities themselves assess such statements are negative and will be distanced from them, the expert predicts. In December 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine amended two laws, abandoning the non-bloc status of 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 NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner. The struggle for power in Kiev is unfolding The West accuses the Russian Federation of supposedly plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly states that no one is threatened with anything, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes.