According to the President of Ukraine, Georgia chose close communication with Russia over the EU.
Zelenskyy said this in an interview with representatives of the leading media in Northern Europe.
According to Zelenskyy, Russia has won in Georgia today, first by taking part of the territory and then by changing its policy and government.
“We must admit that today Russia has won in Georgia. First they took part of Georgia, then they changed their policy, changed the government, and now there is a pro-Russian government, pro-Russian positions. There are no sanctions against Putin, there are many Russians in Georgia. Their choice is friendship with Russia, their choice is not to join the EU. They changed their position. Russia has won today. They took away Georgia’s freedom.”
Commenting on the situation in Moldova, Zelenskyy said that Russia is “going in the same direction.”
“You will see, Russia is going the same way. They want to do the same thing and they will do it if the West doesn’t stop talking about red lines. If they do not stop it and continue this rhetoric, they will lose Moldova in a year or two,” Zelenskyy assured.
At the same time, he noted the difference between Ukraine and Georgia.
“We are bigger. This is the difference between us and Georgia – we are much bigger. We have a larger population, more men who did not want to be Russians,” the president summarized.