He stated this in an interview with the TV channel "Ukraine".
“Many leaders are very afraid, I don't even want to say who is afraid.
And you will see, you know all the leaders who support Ukraine ... sympathize.
But you understand that we called all these leaders to the “Crimean Platform”.
Therefore, they are afraid, they are afraid of Russia.
And it is true, Europe is afraid of Russia.
This must be recognized, and this is normal, ”TASS quotes the words of the Ukrainian state leader.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said earlier that Moscow would pay attention to the position of the countries participating in the Crimean Platform forum initiated by Ukraine and draw appropriate conclusions.
The summit is scheduled to take place on 23 August.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov previously called it a Sabbath.