Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed on Thursday his disagreement with the proposal by the European Union to create a "European Geopolitical Community" of nations seeking membership in the EU. The idea was put forward by European Council President Charles Michel, who said the community would "address common challenges, peace, stability and security on our continent."
Kuleba criticized the "strategic ambiguity on Ukraine’s European perspective" from some EU member states, saying it "has failed and must end." He insisted that "we do not need surrogates for EU candidate status that show second-class treatment of Ukraine and hurt feelings of Ukrainians."