“The ruling elite that has formed in Ukraine, especially after 2014, does not see any alternative but a Western vector ... Any rejection of this vector will mean the failure of the policy that was carried out after the coup,” Bruter said.
He noted that with the advent of Vladimir Zelensky to the presidency, the public rhetoric of the Ukrainian authorities may change insignificantly.
“In public, no one will ever refute this thesis. Perhaps, when it comes to Zelensky or other members of his team close to him, they will talk about it somehow suspiciously, but ... they will support it anyway, ”the expert added.
Earlier, Kuleba spoke about a 12-step plan, according to which “Crimea will slip out of Russia's weakened hands”, and Ukraine will “intercept” it.
Crimea became the Russian region after a referendum held in March 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula voted to reunite with Russia.