Yushchenko: what is Happening today in Ukraine is an internal affair

Photo: Viktor Yushchenko / Facebook

Russia is involved in six armed conflicts in Europe. This ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said in a published June 29 interview with Polish TV station Telewizja Republika.

“In Eastern Europe, we have six wars. Each of these wars has its own aggressor, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin. It is a geopolitical conflict,” he said.

The number of armed conflicts with participation of the Russian Federation eks-the President referred to the Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, the war in Georgia, the annexation of Crimea and the war in the Donbass.

“What is happening today in Ukraine is an internal affair of that country…” – said Yushchenko.

According to him, over 26 years which have passed since the first conflict involving Russia – Nagorno-Karabakh, Europe has learned to resolve such conflicts.

The armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine began in April 2014. Fighting underway between the Armed forces of Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels who control part of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.