The Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Oleksandr Venediktov, said that Ukraine's accession to NATO could lead to peace before the Third World War.

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 "Kyiv perfectly understands that such a step will mean a guaranteed escalation to the Third World War. The Natos themselves understand the suicidal nature of this step," Venediktov said.

 He also stated that Ukraine's membership in NATO is primarily supported by the countries of Eastern Europe, and not by the old members of the alliance.

 "The major states, and Brussels itself, reacted to this initiative without enthusiasm and immediately issued a standard set of counterarguments: non-compliance with the bloc's standards, the presence of territorial disputes, etc.," he said.

 We will remind you that the presidents of the nine countries of the North Atlantic Alliance from Central and Eastern Europe published a joint statement in which they expressed their firm support for the decision of the Bucharest NATO Summit in 2008 regarding the future membership of Ukraine in the Alliance.

 At the same time, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev refused to join the statement and opposed the accelerated accession of Ukraine to NATO.

 As you know, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Ukraine's signing of the application for accelerated accession to the North Atlantic Alliance and called on Western partners to implement the proposals for security guarantees prepared by Ukraine, outlined in the Kyiv Security Compact.