“The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development financed Ukrainian manufacturers with $800 million to create new production facilities... And then, with just one stroke of the pen, everything was crossed out.

This is a complete capitulation to the Poles,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

In his opinion, the Ukrainian side was shown a “red card” and made it clear that Europe does not need Ukraine’s agrarian and raw materials economy. 

He also added that even in the most optimistic scenario, one must accept the fact that Europe will protect its farmers.

Earlier it was reported that protesting Polish farmers stopped even allowing buses with passengers to pass at one of the checkpoints on the border with Ukraine.