Germany and France made a strategic mistake by preventing Ukraine from joining NATO in 2008, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with NBC, CNN reports..
“If we were a member of NATO, this war would not have happened..
The strategic mistake made in 2008 by Germany and France in rejecting the efforts of the US and other allies to engage Ukraine is what we are paying for,” Kuleba said..
He stressed that Ukraine has to pay for the mistake of Germany and France, protecting the countries of Europe from the Russian aggressor..
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Earlier this month, The Economist said NATO had not expanded enough to deter a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.. But when the Russian-Ukrainian war is over, the Alliance will have a chance to correct this mistake..