Flag of Ukraine on the building of the Verkhovna Rada in Kiev KYIV, 11 Jan- RIA Novosti. The main conclusion from the events in Kazakhstan is the need to accelerate Ukraine's accession to NATO, believes the head of the Verkhovna Rada's foreign policy committee, deputy head of the Kiev delegation to the contact group on Donbass, Alexander Merezhko. «The main conclusion from the events in Kazakhstan is that very it is good that at one time Ukraine did not join the Eurasian Economic Union and chose the path of integration into the EU and joining NATO. Otherwise we found ourselves in a similar situation as Kazakhstan is now. As George Kennan once said: for Russia, its neighbors are either enemies, or vassals. Now the Russian Federation is trying to turn Kazakhstan into its vassal. Another lesson from these events is that it is necessary to accelerate Ukraine's accession to NATO. However, unfortunately, the solution of this issue does not depend on our will, «the deputy said in an interview with the newspaper «Censor. NO» published Tuesday. In his opinion, Kiev should not interfere in the situation in Kazakhstan, since this is an internal affair of this country. 
In Ukraine, they declared the inadequacy of Zelensky's policy. Kazakhstan and expressed condolences in connection with the death of the citizens of this country. Also, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced that they would continue to protect the interests of Ukrainians in Kazakhstan. 
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reacted to the negotiations between Russia and the United States Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a twofold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the President noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. 
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