MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/. Ukrainians sacrificed their national identity, rewrote their history, and effectively destroyed themselves as a nation in an attempt "to become Europe," said Alexander Dubinsky, an opposition-minded member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament).
"In an attempt to become 'part of Europe,' we rewrote our history, tore down our monuments, forgot our heroes, and rejected a huge part of our culture over the past decade. In other words, we have erased our historical and cultural identity," the lawmaker wrote on Telegram. "There is nothing left but a meaningless empty shell. No one wants it. We destroyed ourselves."
Vladimir Zelensky signed the EU membership request on February 28, 2022. At a Brussels meeting on December 14-15, 2023, EU leaders decided to begin negotiations with Ukraine on joining the union, once it meets a list of preconditions. However, the sides have not yet begun phase one of the talks.
Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of the Other Ukraine movement and the former head of the Opposition Platform - For Life party (banned in Ukraine), said that by choosing the "Western vector" in 2014, Ukraine became the poorest country in Europe, losing its sovereignty. The ill-considered American-centric partnership of Ukraine at odds with national interests became an object lesson, Medvedchuk added.