BEIJING, May 1. Ukraine is exploring the possibility of obtaining security guarantees from the permanent members of the UN Security Council, including China, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with the Chinese Xinhua News Agency. «We used to consider the Budapest Memorandum as an important security criterion for Ukraine, but, unfortunately, it did not bring real security to Ukraine,» the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said. According to him, «Ukraine is currently studying the possibility of obtaining security guarantees from the permanent members of the UN Security Council and other major countries, including China.» Kuleba noted that Kyiv's offer to Beijing to become one of the guarantors of Ukraine's security is a sign of respect and trust in China. «The situation with security on the European continent will improve significantly only when Russia shows that it does not intend to pose a threat to Europe and confirms its promises with actions, and only when it withdraws its oisk from the territory of Ukraine,» he said.
Kuleba urged Berlin to abandon the policy of «appeasement» of RussiaRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
