Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleb at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday accused NATO of “doing nothing” to stop Russia’s invasion and praised the European Union (EU) for its support for Kiev.
“NATO as an alliance, as an institution, has been completely pushed aside and is doing literally nothing. I am sorry to say that,” Kuleba said at the World Economic Forum.
But he praised Brussels for its “revolutionary decisions, which even they themselves did not expect to make.”
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, there was a widespread assumption in Ukrainian society that NATO, not the EU, would come to the rescue.
“At the beginning of the war, there was a public perception that NATO was a strong force and that the EU could only express varying degrees of concern,” he said.
“But war is always a test that removes masks,” he added.
However, Kuleba added that several NATO countries are helping Ukraine.
Kiev has long complained about NATO’s lack of clarity about Ukraine’s possible accession to the alliance.
The EU has imposed a series of sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine and is preparing an agreement on a Russian oil embargo.
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