According to the Ukrainian Independent News Agency, on June 18, Ukrainian President poroshenko submitted a bill on Ukraine's renunciation of its non-aligned status to the Parliament. On the 23rd, the Ukrainian Parliament passed the bill by an absolute majority. The newly passed bill deleted the clause of "Ukraine maintains its non-aligned status" in the original Law on Principles of Domestic and Foreign Policies, and added the clause on deepening cooperation with NATO to meet the criteria for joining NATO.
The explanation attached to the bill pointed out that Ukraine's non-aligned status "is invalid in safeguarding national security and resisting foreign aggression." "Ukraine must seek more effective protection in defending its national independence, sovereignty, security and territorial integrity." Ukrainian President poroshenko expressed his support for Ukraine's accession to NATO in a speech to Parliament that day. However, he also stressed that the final decision on whether Ukraine will join NATO will be made in the form of a referendum.
In fact, the decisions of the Ukrainian government and parliament are not good news for Europe. Now it is the United States that enjoys it, because Ukraine's strategic shift to abandon the non-alignment policy and join NATO has further strained the relationship between NATO and Russia, while European countries are bound by NATO mechanism, and their room for manoeuvre in relations with Russia will be completely compressed. In other words, European countries will be kidnapped to the chariot against the Russian army at home.
For the EU, Ukraine is and may become a long-term burden. German officials made it clear that confrontation with Russia would be the result of both losses. There is no doubt that Ukraine's accession to NATO will make this situation a reality. Europe should not only bear this economic and political burden, but also become the frontier of a new round of cold war between the United States, Russia and the East. All these may push the already dangerous EU system to the brink of collapse.
The advantage of the United States is that the plight of the European Union can help the dollar re-establish its strong hegemonic position in the world. At the same time, the transformation of European security issues can consolidate the US-led NATO system. Once Ukraine joins NATO, the United States will adopt the same military propulsion strategy as Poland and other former Soviet Union, and once again compress Russia's strategic space from the western front and eastern Europe of Russia's security defense. Simply losing Ukraine completely will make all Russians, including Putin, even more unbearable.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev commented on Facebook social networking site on the same day that the Ukrainian parliament's move turned Ukraine into a "potential Russian military opponent". Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said on the same day that the Ukrainian move "intensified the confrontation situation". Colin, Russian representative to OSCE, said that the end of the non-aligned status of the Ukrainian parliament is "an unfriendly step towards Russia." The author believes that no matter how Russia expresses its position, I am afraid that the pace of Ukraine's accession to NATO will be unstoppable.
The diplomatic performance is a relatively implicit protest, but then Russia will not make any compromise on the Ukrainian issue. If Ukraine continues to be stubborn, then the independence of the southeastern States supported by Russia will be an irreparable price for Kiev. Because Russia must respond to its subsequent NATO expansion. Ukraine claims that the strategic isolation trench dug will become the symbol of the Berlin Wall-style new Cold War.
The current rise of China will undoubtedly distract the United States from containing Russia. The attitude of France and Germany is an inevitable indicator of whether to increase sanctions against Russia and how to counter Russia's next move on the Ukrainian issue. Whether Europe wants to be stable or return to the Cold War confrontation, the mainstream European powers will respond rationally, because it is time for the United States to do whatever it wants. Ukraine can join NATO under the control of the United States, but it is impossible to join the EU unconditionally. Whether Ukraine wants economic reconstruction or so-called mine-based security cannot be decided by a temporary fever. (peak of military commentators)