In an interview with the American ABC TV channel, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that his attitude towards the country's membership to NATO has been changed long been.
“Regarding NATO, I lost interest in this issue after we realized that NATO is not ready to accept Ukraine. The alliance is afraid of contradictory things and confrontation with the Russian Federation," Zelensky said.
He also noted that Ukraine does not want to be a country that "begs for something on its knees, and we are not going to be such a country, I do not want to be such a president."
In another message, the President of Ukraine stated that the West is responsible for the deaths of people, which refuses to close the skies and provide aircraft.
“For 13 days we have been hearing only promises. We have been promised help in the sky for 13 days,” Zelensky added.