Russia breaking agreements regularly

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Russia’s history of breaking agreements means Ukraine needs reliable security guarantees, former Deputy Minister for European Integration of Ukraine Sergiy Petukhov says. #Russia #Ukraine

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00:00With regards to the safeguards, obviously NATO troops on the ground is something that

00:06is unacceptable to Russia.

00:09Does Ukraine see that as being a must in terms of guaranteeing your security?

00:15Look, Ukraine looks at something that is going to work against Russia.

00:20And we do know that the agreements signed with Russia are worth nothing.

00:24I mean, Russia has repeatedly broken the agreements that we've signed with them, or they promise

00:29us that they've resigned it, or they would be just selling outright lies.

00:34We've seen this within the last 10 years, so we're not going to trust that.

00:38Of course, having some sort of peacekeeping force on the territory of Ukraine is reassuring,

00:43be it NATO or UN-led.

00:47Also it's been rumored in the Western press that, at least it's been rumored, that some

00:52sort of guarantee has been proposed that in case of another Russian attack, Ukraine will

00:59be guaranteed an automatic NATO membership somewhere in the future.

01:04This sounds unrealistic, but this is, again, something of an option.

01:07So I think Ukraine will try to get the best possible scenario for our people and our country,

01:15but we will only trust something that really works.

01:17We will not trust something that is just written on the paper, because we do know that Russia

01:21will violate any agreement that it signs.

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