The Kremlin's condemnations denouncing a "
geopolitical grab
" targeting Russia, following the granting to Ukraine and Moldova of the status of candidate for the European Union, "
show its weakness
", estimated on Saturday Kiev.
“
All that is left for Russia is to spit threats against other states after decades of failed policies based on aggression, coercion and disrespect.
This only shows Russia's weakness
,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba said on Twitter.
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On Friday, Russian diplomacy denounced the decision of the Twenty-Seven to give Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidate for the EU, seeing it as a geopolitical maneuver against Moscow in the midst of an invasion of its Ukrainian neighbor.
This decision "
confirms that a geopolitical grabbing of the space of the CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States, which brings together several countries of the former USSR, editor's note) is actively continuing in order to contain Russia
", had lamented the door. -spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.