Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. File photoBELGRADE, Mar 19 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on TV PRVA denounced Western double standards on Kosovo and Ukraine, different interpretations of the principle of territorial integrity and pressure on Belgrade to impose sanctions against Russia.
"They tell us about the territorial integrity of Ukraine, show us empty prams. Why didn't they show us empty strollers? Things are confusing in all of our heads: observance of the principle of international law, where, no doubt, who violated it and who was the victim, and who was the victim and who violated international law and without a decision of the UN Security Council made tough decisions to the detriment of Serbia. Therefore, we are in a difficult situation", — said Vučić.
He recalled that there were no hostile actions from Moscow. «On the other hand, Russia has never imposed sanctions against us … We can say that they occupied and then left the airfield in Pristina. But in the last ten years, the Russian Federation has not been on foreign policy issues against Serbia. And they (the West) put us in a position where we will lose the only ally in the UN Security Council, who has always been for maintaining the territorial integrity of Serbia and Resolution 1244. You dare not forget such things, and what decision should Serbia take?» Vucic asked. According to him, in negotiations with Western partners, he promised that Belgrade would maintain peace in the region and not interfere in events in Ukraine. Vučić stressed that he did not make any promises to the West regarding sanctions against the Russian Federation. VučićRussia launched on February 24 a military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. The armed forces say they are only targeting military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. There are casualties on both sides. In the south of Ukraine, the Russian army took control of the Kherson region, Melitopol, Berdyansk and blocked Mariupol, now the fighting is going on in the city itself. This made it possible to cut off the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the coast of the Sea of u200bu200bAzov and connect with a group of troops in the Donbass. In the eastern direction, the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Volnovakha and reached the Verkhnetoretskoye-Novoselovka-2 line. LPR troops are also developing an offensive. The Russian army took control of Balakleya. Kyiv is blockaded from the West, battles are going on near Kharkiv.