Russia reacts to Italy's request to establish a European army
Russia responded to Italy's request to establish a "European Union Army", explaining that Brussels had more important problems to solve before establishing such an army.
According to Rai, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram on Sunday night: Will an EU army be established? Maybe it would be better to produce a vaccine against covid-19 instead. Or to have humanitarian protection of EU borders in accordance with your international obligations.
The spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that the European Union has not yet solved the refugee problem and said, “If this army is established, if the European Union does not send its forces to the place Washington says; America will blackmail Brussels by increasing fuel prices.” said.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tagani called for the European Union to establish a single army to maintain peace and prevent war.
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, described Ukraine's security guarantee proposed by the European Union as a useless piece of paper and said, "Moscow is ready to attack any foreign military base established in Ukraine." The Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council said in his statement: Russia is ready to attack any foreign base that may be established in Ukraine. This Russian politician later called the declaration of Ukraine's security guarantee prepared by the European Union "a useless piece of paper" and worthless.
