Oleksiy Honcharenko (Photo:Олексій Гончаренко / Facebook)
In an interview with Radio NV, MP Oleksiy
Honcharenko analyzed whether President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Europe
was successful, why it is still unknown whether the activities of former SBU head
Ivan Bakanov actually led to human casualties, and what personnel changes may
take place in the Cabinet in the near future.
— What is being said on the sidelines of the Rada about Zelenskyy’s visit to Europe? How satisfied are the parliamentarians with what they managed to bring back from there? And what do you personally think about this visit? What are the consequences? Have we done enough to push our partners to provide Ukraine with the weapons to win?
— It’s hard for me to give any final assessment of the visit yet. It seems that in any case, it was successful. It is good and right that the president continues his foreign policy activities after his visit to Washington.
I have actually been saying this since last summer. Back then, I was campaigning and advocating that the president should have attended the G7 meeting in Bavaria, followed by the NATO summit in Madrid. At the time, I participated in this NATO summit, and I was the only Ukrainian MP there — not a single minister was present, no President. And I think it was worth starting back then. But that was the decision that was made.
However, it is right that the president is starting to leave the country. Of course, many people have been traveling to Kyiv and will continue to do so, but it is also very important to go to them. Ukraine has a lot of issues — weapons, financial support, sanctions — and the president, as the head of state, the head of the diplomatic front, as a person who is extremely popular in the world today, should use this popularity and this reputation that the entire Ukrainian people have created together to benefit Ukraine.
— In fact, the European Parliament was Ukrainianized. Everyone responded well with “Glory to the Heroes!”
— Absolutely. It’s fantastic. And the accents are very well placed. Washington is first, which is also right. Then London, Paris, Brussels. I think the accents and signals are correctly placed.
That’s why I think the visit was successful. And this small tour was a success.
We do not yet fully understand whether the issue of warplanes has been resolved. But we already understand that there will be training. This is very good because it is the…
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