Zakharova appreciated the words of McFaul about the deception of Ukraine by the States

Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 22Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul's confession that the US deceived Ukraine about NATO membership is reminiscent of a moment from an audio tale about the Bremen Town Musicians, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Telegram Russian Maria Zakharova. Earlier, a former diplomat during a debate in Canada confirmed that representatives of the United States lied to Kyiv, promising the Ukrainian authorities a possible entry into the North Atlantic Alliance for years. He also added that this is how the «real world» works. «As it was said in the audio fairy tale «In the footsteps of the Bremen Town Musicians»: «And then his fashionable foreign trousers fell off the donkey, and everyone saw an ordinary donkey's tail.» Briefly and precisely about what happened to former US Ambassador to Russia McFaul during the interview,» Zakharova wrote. In 2014, the Verkhovna Rada abandoned Ukraine's non-bloc status. In February 2019, the parliament adopted amendments to the country's constitution, securing its course towards the EU and NATO. At the same time, experts emphasized that Kyiv could not claim membership in this military bloc in the coming decades. At the end of April, US Defense Lloyd Austin said that now the possibility of Ukraine joining the alliance is not being considered. Nevertheless, he stressed that NATO would not abandon its «open door» policy, and did not rule out that in the future Kyiv could try to join the organization again. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in turn, previously admitted that «Kyiv has heard about open doors for years,» but in reality the country cannot enter there. />Ambassador in Berlin told when Ukraine can become a member of NATO