Ukraine – Dependence Instead of Neutrality

Abstract

and diplomats has been occupied by Ukraine. It was then, which came as a surprise for the western diplomats and intelligence services, that the authorities of Ukraine had refused to sign the agreement on the accession with the EU at the EU summit in Vilnius. A couple of months later, Moscow began to strengthen its influence in Ukraine using power. One may inquire how did it happen that the negotiators from Brussels assumed that Russia would stay passive when the EU would start to move Ukraine, the state on the Russian border, towards the western zone? One may ask what was Maidan with its casualties for, since currently Ukraine is in the state of chaos, with hostile military forces on its territory, has lost Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as its fleet, has no authority over two provinces, Lughansk and Donetsk, and the power in Kiev is held by the oligarchs? Did the EU diplomats want this? How is it possible that someone has robbed the Ukrainians of the revolution they made in Maidan? As far as I am concerned, to comprehend the problem with Ukraine first of all one should define what the crisis in Ukraine is about. Then, one can search for the Ukraine – Dependence Instead of Neutrality* CONFRONTATION AND COOPERATION