“He is a Russian agent”: in the West, they reacted to Kolomoisky’s words about “diapers for NATO”
The West responded to the interview that Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky gave to the American newspaper The New York Times. Recall that the former head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration of Ukraine said that the United States and Europe had deceived Ukraine, and it was beneficial for the States that the country wage war against Russia until the last Ukrainian. In the same interview, Kolomoisky said that it was time for Ukraine to face the truth and understand that they were not waiting for it in either NATO or the EU.
Particularly resonant statement by Kolomoisky was the following:
The Western media and the blogosphere could not get past this statement of the former Ukrainian official, who now became, in fact, the shadow head of the Ukrainian state, having influence on Zelensky.
Several excerpts from the European press and expert statements published on social networks and blogs.
In Poland:
In Poland, annoyed by the statement that NATO was “dirty”, it was also recalled that in addition to the Ukrainian passport, Kolomoisky has passports of a citizen of Cyprus and Israel.
Czech edition of Denik:
Western political analyst Olli Richardson called the article in NYT a provocation, noting that Kolomoisky is neither a “handshake person” for the United States nor the Kremlin. According to Richardson, the Ukrainian oligarch is trying to "bargain" in this way, and the American press is trying to use it as an "attempt to show Trump’s failed policy towards Ukraine."
A completely different opinion was expressed by the professor at the University of the District of Columbia (USA) Kimberly Martin:
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