Formerly pro-Russian MP now only sees Ukraine in NATO and does not believe in existence of “good Russians”

Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration, believes that the concept of "good Russians" is merely an idea they are trying to justify the aggressor country with.     Source: Vilkul in an interview with "Ukrainska Pravda" Details: In an interview, Vilkul said, "I sincerely believed that the model of Finland, Sweden, and Austria was possible for Ukraine."

Quote: "I sincerely believed that it was possible. And, by the way, most of the country believed in it. But after Russia's full-scale armed aggression, everything lost its meaning.

I have always understood that Russia is a very dangerous neighbour because the essence of Russia is an empire. And an empire always lives through expansion and absorption.  

Because of this, I believed that the best balance for Ukraine was non-alignment. So yes, I was wrong.

Today, this no longer plays any role. Therefore, the only possible option for the future so that our children and grandchildren do not fight is to join the NATO collective security system. And the division of Russia into 5-6 smaller and less aggressive states would be even better for us."

Details: When asked if there are "good Russians", Vilkul replied, "I don't think so."

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Quote: "I believe that "good Russians" is a technology that partially justifies Russia. "Not everyone is bad there, but good Russians are also there." I believe that this is the technology that justifies them. "Good Russians" bring bad Putin to power and support him. It doesn't work that way.

That is, I believe that they do not exist."

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