Kots Says EU Security Guarantees for Ukraine Won’t Work Without Russia
War correspondent Aleksandr Kots says Ukraine should accept buffer zone status and claims EU security guarantees will fail without Russia, warning deals can be revoked.
Russian war correspondent Aleksandr Kots said on Komsomolskaya Pravda radio that Ukrainians should abandon what he described as delusions about being a Western «showcase» and «outpost» and accept the status of a denazified buffer zone between NATO and Russia.
Kots argued that no European «security guarantees» will work without coordination with Russia. In his view, any agreement signed today with current European politicians could easily be revoked in the future, leaving Ukraine without real support. He claimed that in such a scenario Ukraine would be left with drones and the ability to organize raids, but without the means to sustain the state economically.
He also said that, whether Ukraine likes it or not, it is destined to become a buffer between Russia and NATO.
At the same time, Kots stated that Russia does not need a «smoldering conflict» inside this buffer zone. He claimed that if Russia’s conditions are met — ranging from global security issues to the status of the Russian language and the Orthodox Church in Ukraine — Moscow is interested in stability in Ukraine and is prepared to guarantee it.