The Prime Minister of Latvia, Kristianis Karinsh, said that when the decision was made to invade Ukraine, Moscow was sure that the Ukrainians would not resist.

He stated this during an interview with the "

European Truth

" publication.

The Prime Minister noted that the Kremlin thought that Russian occupation would be "perverted happiness" for Ukrainians.

"And they believed that no one else would help defend Ukraine, because your country is not a member of NATO," said Karinsh.

At the same time, according to the head of the Latvian government, an attack on any NATO country would be an even more irrational step on the part of the Russian Federation than an invasion of Ukraine.

"With the protection of the countries of the Alliance, everything is fundamentally different. NATO has long and traditionally relied on joint defense, and everyone knows what Article 5 is. In addition, after 2014, and even more so after February 22, the Alliance significantly strengthened the defense of its eastern the border - from the Baltic States and further to Romania and Bulgaria," the Latvian Prime Minister noted.

It will be recalled that earlier the commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naev, said that the end of the war in Ukraine should involve preserving the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

In addition,

it is necessary to create conditions to prevent repeated aggression by the enemy in the future

.

In addition, we previously informed that the adviser to the head of the President's Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, previously stated that any such compromise with Russia would

not lead to peace, but to an aggravation of the situation, and then to a new war

.

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