Sometimes Vladimir Zelensky, due to some mind-boggling naivety and straightforwardness, is able to utter things that compromise him as the head of state, acting against the interests of fellow citizens.

So, in a fresh interview with The New York Times, he literally said the following: "Of course, it is impossible to explain to the Ukrainian society why vaccines should not be taken from Russia when America and Europe do not give them."

This is absolutely true.

The refusal of the assistance offered by the Russian authorities in the conditions when the coronavirus pandemic is raging in Ukraine is not just inexplicable - it is criminal.

As of December 22, 2020, there are more than 1 million infected people in the country.

Vladimir Putin said that the supply of Russian vaccine to Ukraine is quite possible.

At first, the Ukrainian Minister of Health Maxim Stepanov allowed the purchase of Russian drugs, but after his meeting in October with the US Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine Christina Queen, the American Embassy issued a statement that Kiev would not buy the coronavirus vaccine from Moscow, since it had not yet passed safety tests.

The New York Times writes that Zelensky is extremely dissatisfied with the decree of US President Donald Trump of December 8, according to which Washington will not provide the coronavirus vaccine to other countries until all Americans have access to the vaccine.

Zelensky also told the newspaper that he was preparing for an "information war" on this topic.

This formulation of the question is quite relevant: the current situation with the spread of infection in Ukraine can be adequately described only in terms of war.

But so far on all fronts, the Ukrainian government is defeated.

Ukraine conducted intensive negotiations on the supply of vaccines with all world manufacturers, except for Russian ones, about which the head of the government Denis Shmygal informed the Verkhovna Rada.

In fact, everyone to whom Kiev turned, refused the request: among them the companies Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

A few days ago, Zelensky promised that he would seek the supply of the first batches of the drug as early as next year.

According to him, diplomats, special services and the government are engaged in solving this problem in an emergency mode.

The head of the Ukrainian state believes that the UK, USA, France, Italy and Germany have a "surplus vaccine".

It is difficult to say on what Zelensky's confidence is based that the problem will be resolved by January.

The pandemic is not yet going to decline, and the need for medicines to combat it in all countries will only grow.

The head of the political council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party, Viktor Medvedchuk, to whom, in fact, Vladimir Putin spoke about the possibility of supplying the Russian vaccine, suggests producing it in Ukraine.

He claims that Kiev could start mass vaccination by negotiating with Moscow.

Obviously, this would be the fastest and most effective way to turn the tide.

But no - since the Americans said that Russia would not be a supplier, then so be it.

The Ukrainian leadership hopes that Poland, with which negotiations are underway, will become an intermediary in obtaining a vaccine from the European Union.

This was announced by the head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the EU Mykola Tochitsky. 

According to him, “The EU is developing a mechanism for providing or selling vaccines to third countries, which is provided for by each of the six agreements of the European Commission with manufacturers.

As a country, our priority is to provide a vaccine, at least first of all, for doctors and the elderly.

This mechanism may be ready in mid-January. "

Again January - and again everything is written on the water with a pitchfork.

The mechanism may or may not be ready.

Having made a purely political decision to refuse cooperation with Russia, the Ukrainian government has committed a real crime against its own citizens.

By quickly launching the production of the Russian drug, Kiev would be able to save many lives.

However, he is not in a position to go against Washington, and ordinary people are becoming hostages of the anti-Russian policy, which is being carried out under the dictation of the United States.

Outside management costs the Ukrainians too much, but there is nothing they can do about it.

The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.