Putin hates Europe He hates our Western world. He hates our values, and unfortunately we will never compromise with him because he wants us dead and we want to live. It’s that simple. By defending Ukraine now, we are defending Europe”. Petro Poroshenko, the fifth president of Ukraine to rule in 2014-2019, and the first president of the country elected in the first round, the predecessor of Volodymyr Zelensky, said this in an exclusive interview with NOVA.
Today, Poroshenko, a world-renowned businessman known as the “chocolate king” and one of Ukraine’s wealthiest, is helping to organize Kyiv’s defense.
“My motivation for participating in the project is the same as for all Ukrainians. The whole world admires the Ukrainian people, who surprised everyone by stopping Putin, and who surprised Putin, who underestimated the capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces I created in 2014. He underestimated unity. Ukrainians of the people and the whole world, which supports Ukraine in the victory over Russian aggression,” Poroshenko said.
In total, he said, more than 2,000 people were killed in four suburbs of Kyiv. “What is happening now in Mariupol, where, according to the mayor, more than 15,000 people were killed – civilians, children, women. They want to kill us simply because we are Ukrainians … They want to erase our country from the world map … He does not recognize our right to life, to existence,” he insisted.
He also commented on the sanctions imposed on Russia by the international community and the efforts of the EU, NATO and the United States to provide assistance to Ukraine.
“Let’s first distinguish between the EU, the US and NATO. What can we expect from the EU and the US? My plan includes 5 things. First, the lending process. I am proud that my initiative, published a month ago in a statement by European and American leaders , led to the enactment of a law on land leases for everything from food to weapons, and secondly, the closure of airspace by fighters and air defense systems, and third, the idea of a second front – all but soldiers. new sanctions every day to stop Putin.Criminal acts were committed the day before in Bucha – sanctions.The other day – a tragedy in which civilians died during the evacuation in Kramatorsk – sanctions.Sanctions: this is the “second front”. Fourth, the Marshall Plan. I am very proud that Ursula von der Leyen announced here her intention for the Marshall Plan with the participation of the EU, the US and the world, the G7, to help us rebuild Ukraine after the war. to be held in 2022″ , – he emphasized.
According to him, Ukraine needs three things from NATO: weapons, weapons and weapons again. “Understand, we need to change the situation. Imagine the security of peace, the security of Europe depends only on 300 tanks that must be delivered to Ukraine immediately, on 1,000 armored personnel carriers that must be delivered to Ukraine immediately, and on 100 fighters. We have long queues of volunteers waiting to be drafted into the Ukrainian armed forces, but they cannot fight empty-handed. By defending Ukraine now, we are defending Europe and Bulgaria,” Poroshenko insisted.
Asked whether Putin was out of control, Zelensky’s predecessor said: “Unfortunately, I think Putin has been greatly degraded since I know him. I have known him for almost 20 years. I have experience negotiating with him. for about 15 years For the last 8 years I have had weekly talks with him, he is a completely different person, if before he was a cynical, negative, but at least predictable person who acted based on his understanding of Russia’s interests, now he is I dare say this word – a crazy, crazy, inadequate, unpredictable person. Of course, it is not in Russia’s interests to carry out direct total aggression against Ukraine. There is no positive moment for Russia. It is not in Putin’s interest to remain in world history as a war criminal. put behind bars, appear before the International Criminal Court or, possibly, a special criminal tribunal for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. must take into account his unpredictability and be strong, because Putin will go as far as we collectively allow him. That’s why we need to be strong and stop Putin.”
He said Putin would not start a nuclear war if he was fully confident that there would be a nuclear response. “Ukraine would be a very strong motivation for Putin’s self-destruction, because he hopes to survive, and that would be the end of it. So I’m sure that won’t happen. , in his NATO ultimatum, said that NATO should return to the 1997 border. For Bulgaria and Romania, this means that you should not be a member of NATO, that you should expel all NATO troops from its territory, that you should be demilitarized, You must destroy your army. Tell your government and tankers – stopped Putin and did not allow him to spread to Bulgaria.And one more thing, for those who doubt whether it is worth supporting and helping Ukraine not only humanitarianly but also militarily – I invite these politicians to Of Kyiv. It’s much safer here now than 2-3 weeks ago, even then my team and I were here. Let’s go to Bucha together and see for ourselves the places where hundreds of Ukrainians in a small town were exterminated by Russian barbarians. And those who have at least a little hope for the Russian world, for the Russian brothers, to see what is left after the Russian occupation. Therefore, there is no doubt that we must act together to stop Russia so that in this situation we can defend Bulgarian territory from Putin and his troops.”