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The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov stated that Western leaders ...

Western leaders should immediately recognize Russia with a state-existence of terrorism, not seek compromises-Reznikov

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov stated that Western leaders should immediately recognize Russia with the state-existence of terrorism. "Instead of looking for compromises with a hostile state, Western leaders must immediately recognize Russia with a terrorism sponsor," he wrote in an article for Atlantic Council. Video Day Minister said a small number of countries have already taken this step, but others, including the US, do not want.

“Skeptics claim that such a step will lead to undesirable consequences that should be avoided. This is a slippery path. Experience, since 2014, shows that the inability to resolutely respond to Russian aggression only leads to higher problems and higher costs in the future, ”he said. According to him, Europe should also use its significant soft power tools to demonstrate that double game times have passed.

“You cannot expect that you will ride gorgeous German cars, writing the slogans of" to Berlin "on Russian tanks and showing them on state television as symbols of national identity. You cannot expect to drink French wine or Viennese coffee while threatening nuclear weapons in Europe, ”he said. On August 11, the Latvia Seimas recognized Russia as a sponsor of terrorism because of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine and the murder of civilians.

On Wednesday, July 28, the US Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling on the US State Department to declare Russia the existence of terrorism. Earlier, the aggressor country stated that if Washington recognizes the Russian Federation as a sponsor of terrorism, the Kremlin recognizes such a step as a "non-return point" in Russian-American relations.