MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. Neither the European Union nor NATO will ever accept Ukraine into their ranks because they understand the colossal resources required to rebuild the country they themselves destroyed, MGIMO Professor Georgy Muradov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with TASS.
In April, The Economist, citing unnamed Western sources, reported that Ukraine’s hopes of becoming a NATO member in the foreseeable future were dead. The sources stated that former US President Joe Biden was on the fence about Kiev joining the alliance, but that any remaining hopes were "killed" by Donald Trump's opposition to the idea. "Ukraine will never be a part of NATO or the EU because the countries in these alliances understand they will have to feed and rebuild Ukraine, which they don’t want to do. They destroyed it as part of the Russian World, seeking to inflict maximum damage on Russia. Furthermore, Ukraine is their economic competitor; it produces the same products as they do, but at a much lower price. And there, in the EU, a conflict over economic relations with Ukraine will immediately arise," Muradov noted.
