Peskov commented on the words of the Ambassador of Ukraine about the refusal to join NATO

Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration — Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry PeskovMOSCOW, February 14 Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the words of the Ukrainian ambassador to Britain about refusing to join NATO, said that Kiev asked for clarification on this, but the concept of the worldview is unlikely to change. to NATO to «avoid war». Later, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that these words were «taken out of context.»Kiev's refusal to move towards NATO would be a step towards stabilization, the Kremlin said «In this case, they also drew attention to the fact that Kiev was asked to clarify the ambassador's opinion. This can hardly be taken as a fait accompli, from the point of view of changing the conceptual foreign policy worldview Kiev. We know that completely different goals are indicated by the country's constitution,» he said. In December 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine amended two laws, abandoning the state's non-bloc status. 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 the status of a NATO partner with enhanced capabilities. The West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged 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 information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. the situation in the Donbass, said the head of the LPR