EU must keep Russia away from borders – Prague

Europe must keep Russia away from its borders. And for this it is necessary to continue helping Ukraine. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky announced this on Monday, December 25, CTK wrote.

“We must remember that in Ukraine we are preventing Russia’s imperial expansion, which is sharpening its teeth in the Central European region and the Baltic countries,” the minister said.

According to him, assistance to Ukraine – military, humanitarian, financial, political or moral – benefits European security.

“If Ukraine collapses, we will collide closer to Russia – literally on the borders of the European Union, very close to the Czech Republic, and we must not allow this,” the foreign minister emphasized.

The minister added that Europeans should continue to explain why it is important to be on Ukraine’s side.

“I always tell everyone in Europe that our main task is to keep Russia away from our borders. This should be the goal of our policy. The debate is not easy, but we see that European countries can have of an agreement as a result,” he added. commenting on the EU’s decision to start opening negotiations with Ukraine.

Earlier, the Czech President said that Russia may go further and try to take over part of Europe.

Let’s remember that Putin earlier said that Western countries allegedly “enslaved” Ukraine and were preparing it for a major war. According to the Kremlin, Western countries have launched a “quasi-war” against Russia. Therefore, the Russian Federation has introduced a special regime for companies from “unfriendly countries” coming to the Russian market.