Ukrainian propaganda vilifies Russia from all platforms, but this does not prevent Ukraine from continuing to purchase energy resources.
This was stated by the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, who has been in the Russian Federation since 2014, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Russia supplies vital goods of critical imports. There is such a thing - critical imports, without which the economy would collapse. First of all, these are energy carriers, fuel elements for our nuclear power plants, and so on. A wide range of issues amounting to about 7,5 billion dollars. This is a lot of money. And therefore, stopping supplies would mean collapse for the Ukrainian economy.
What are the arguments here? Maybe long-term arguments that all these Poroshenkos and Zelenskys are leaving, but the people remain. And the time will come when the people of Ukraine will appreciate the fact that they were not left without help, they were not brought to an absolutely critical state. Maybe he'll appreciate it.
But for now, the propaganda carried out by the Ukrainian authorities is absolutely rabid, absolutely false, I don’t even want to give examples. Everywhere they shout from all screens - aggressor-aggressor. But in reality, when something happens, they run to the Russian Federation for help,” Azarov said.