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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.55.07.5
How to Cite:
Yarovoi, T., Dabizha, V., Bondarenko, O., Shestakovska, T., & Kropyvnytskyi, R. (2022). Diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the
EU in the sphere of security and in relation to candidacy. Amazonia Investiga, 11(55), 50-59.
https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.55.07.5
Diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the EU in the sphere of security
and in relation to candidacy
Дипломатичні відносини України із ЄС у сфері безпеки та у відповідності до
кандидатства
Received: August 13, 2022 Accepted: September 7, 2022
Written by:
Tykhon Yarovoi22
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-3829
Vira Dabizha23
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7000-4635
Oleksandr Bondarenko24
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1755-3333
Tetiana Shestakovska25
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8098-8439
Roman Kropyvnytskyi26
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8841-4675
Abstract
The aspiration of Ukraine to integrate into the
European Union and the acquisition of
membership in the EU is one of the priority
directions of state policy, forasmuch as ensuring
the country’s full participation in the European
and regional security system will create for
Ukraine a reliable basis for its sustainable
development and protection of national interests.
The purpose of the research lies in substantiating
the theoretical fundamentals and determining the
practical recommendations regarding the
diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the
European Union in the field of security and in
accordance with the candidacy. The general
scientific and special research methods have
been used in the academic paper, in particular, as
follows: analysis, synthesis, scientific
abstraction; analogies, comparison; statistical,
graphic; generalization, systematization. The
results of the research prove that Ukraine is
capable of being an important partner of the
22
Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Political
Communication, Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
23
Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, Head of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, Department of International Relations
and Political Consulting, Institute of Law and Public Relations, Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”,
Kyiv, Ukraine.
24
Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Operational Art, Operational Faculty,
National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
25
Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, Rector of the Chernihiv Institute of Information, Business and Law ZVO MNTU,
Chernihiv, Ukraine.
26
Associate Professor, Candidate of Public Administration, Department of Public Administration in the Sphere of Civil, Institute of
Public Administration and Research in Civil Protection, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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European Union in the field of security, which
confirms its ability to protect the eastern borders
from the aggression of Russia, the problem of
which has become extremely acute on the
European continent. Diplomatic relations of
Ukraine with the European Union in the field of
security and in accordance with the application
are focused on the problems of military
resistance to armed aggression and the
annexation of Ukrainian territories, as well as on
the search for effective ways of resolving the
conflict. It has been proven that the European
Union provides significant support to Ukraine in
the field of strengthening its defence capabilities
and ensuring its functioning (the amount of
planned financial assistance amounts to 10 885
million US dollars). The necessity of forming a
joint security and defence policy with the
European Union on the basis of partnership and
mutual guarantee of compliance with the
principles of ensuring and maintaining security
and peace has been revealed.
Keywords: European integration, diplomatic
relations, security, international cooperation,
Russia ‒ Ukraine war, European Union.
Introduction
The challenges and dangers accompanying the
development of Ukraine as an independent and
self-sufficient country lead to the emergence of a
number of destabilizing factors, the most
significant of which is Ukraine’s military
resistance to the armed aggression of the Russian
Federation. Russia - Ukraine war has created
countless risks and threats to the national
interests of Ukraine in the field of security and
exacerbated the problem of establishing effective
international cooperation with the aim of
obtaining international support, supplying
weapons, financing the needs of the state in order
to preserve the lives of the population, the
territorial integrity of the country and prevent the
implementation of operational and strategic goals
of the Russian Federation. It is obvious that the
development of a full-scale war on the territory
of Ukraine poses a significant threat to the
security not only of Ukraine, but also of
neighbouring countries that have already
acquired membership in the European Union,
and other countries of the world that are in
diplomatic relations with both sides of the
conflict. The existing format for ensuring
security on the continent and in the whole world
did not justify the expected hopes and turned out
to be ineffective and resultless, which has
manifested itself in the inability to influence the
aggressor country in the framework of peace
negotiations and reaching compromise solutions.
As a result, we are observing large-scale
destruction on the territory of Ukraine, tension in
the situation in various countries of the world, the
threat of a global food crisis, an increase in large-
scale hunger, as well as an intensification of the
processes of the development of terrorist
activities. The issues specified require the search
for effective ways of immediate solution, and the
outlined topic of the study acquires special
relevance.
The purpose of the research lies in substantiating
the theoretical fundamentals and determining the
practical recommendations regarding the
diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the
European Union in the field of security and in
accordance with the candidacy.
Literature Review
Ukraine, as an independent sovereign state, has
established diplomatic relations with
181 countries of the world, the Holy See, as well
as the sovereign Order of Malta throughout the
entire period of its existence, and, the state did
not break them with any country until 2019.
However, the events taking place in Ukraine and
related to the armed aggression of the Russian
Federation have prompted the country to break
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diplomatic relations with Russia on February 24,
2022, Syria on June 30, 2022, and North Korea
on July 13, 2022, which by their actions and
public appeals have caused a threat to the
national interests of Ukraine and violated the
level of its safe existence as an independent state.
Morango (2021), investigating the problems of
the Russian – Ukrainian conflict, considers
diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the
European Union as an important tool for ensuring
the interaction of the European community with
the countries participating in the conflict and
building both international relations in general,
and cross-border regional relations, in particular,
in the conditions of the current state.
Vidnyanskyi (2021) has singled out the main
problematic aspects of developing diplomatic
relations of Ukraine with such countries as
Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia and
established that they significantly affect the level
of security in the regional dimension. At the same
time, Ukrainian – Polish relations have the
character of good neighbourliness, which is one
of the elements of guaranteeing geopolitical
stability in Europe. For what concerns Hungary,
Romania, and Slovakia, there are a number of
unresolved issues that are periodically
exacerbated under the pressure of the Russian
Federation, causing threats to Ukraine and
disrupting security in the Eastern European
region. In particular, it is worth paying particular
attention to the pro-Russian standpoint of
Hungary, which for a long time systematically
vetoes the solution of problematic issues of the
implementation of European policy and positions
itself in opposition to European solidarity, while
V. Orban loudly declares that Ukraine is an
artificial state.
Vovk & Sekunova (2016) consider Ukraine’s
diplomatic relations with France somewhat
tense, as evidenced by their instability and
France’s close interaction with Russia.
Sulym (2020) assesses the current state of
diplomatic relations between Ukraine and
Germany as a crisis one, which, on the one hand,
has been formed against the background of
problematic aspects of the internal development
of the European Union, and, on the other hand,
because of the systemic political instability in
Ukraine. However, Germany’s support towards
Ukraine in the matter of integration into the
European Union is assessed at a sufficiently high
level. At the same time, the scientist analyses
Ukraine’s diplomatic relations with Austria and
established that the Austrian side is a mentor of
Ukraine in developing relations with the
European community.
It should be noted that the prospects of Ukraine’s
diplomatic relations with the Benelux countries
(Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg), with
which, according to the viewpoint of Ryeznikov
(2015), effective diplomatic dialogue and
cooperation in the foreign economic sphere have
been established, are quite optimistic.
Diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the
Republic of Lithuania are positively evaluated by
Lutsyshyn & Kornat (2021), who have studied
Ukrainian – Lithuanian cooperation in the field
of security and defence and established close
cooperation between the countries, and they
characterize partnership relations in security and
defence sphere as mutually beneficial and stable.
Along with this, relations between Ukraine and
Belarus have become extremely aggravated,
which is a sub rosa ally and is actively
cooperating with the Russian Federation in
waging war on the territory of Ukraine.
Analysing the prospects of the European Union’s
diplomatic relations with such countries as
Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Baltag (2018)
has concluded that the European Union’s
diplomatic relations with these countries are
quite uncertain, forasmuch as the social-political
crisis in Ukraine, the decrease in the level of
democratization of Moldova and the inclusion of
Belarus in the most repressive countries violate
the principles of democratic practice of ensuring
the security of the European continent and lead
to the emergence of a number of risks and threats.
Vovkanych (2021) connects the increase in
instability and uncertainty with the aggravation
of the global and regional situation of the
countries of the European Union and the Eastern
European countries as a result of which a
significant confrontation has been induced, in
which Russia seeks to establish control over
Ukraine, which will allow it to obtain significant
advantages in terms of geopolitical dominance in
Europe and push the US out of Europe. At the
same time, the implementation of the principles
of the Euro-Atlantic development course of
Ukraine contradicts the ideology of Russia,
which, in addition to the above, aspires to be the
leading geopolitical centre of power in Europe. It
is obvious that the full-scale military invasion
and armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine
has revealed all the weaknesses not only of the
countries participating in the conflict, but also of
the leading states of the world and international
security organizations. As a result, the
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international security system has shown the low
level of its efficiency and, consequently, has
undermined the stability and peace in Europe and
the world.
Undoubtedly, the support of the European Union
regarding ensuring the stable and democratic
development of Ukraine is implemented within
the framework of the priority partnership in the
“Ukraine – EU” format, which is evidenced by
the multifaceted support of Ukraine in the
process of Euro-Atlantic integration and
increased assistance in the conditions of armed
resistance to Russian aggression, as well as
powerful political, financial and humanitarian
aid of the European Union to Ukraine. The tough
sanctions policy of the European Union in
relation to the Russian Federation is equally
important. In this context, the statement of
Borrell (2022) is relevant, who emphasizes the
need to strengthen European defence by
terminating Russia’s unprovoked war against
Ukraine in order to ensure the future security and
democracy of the member states of the European
Union. At the same time, Russia’s armed
aggression is considered to be the cause of the
third asymmetric shock, which has destabilized
security both in European countries and in
countries bordering Ukraine, increasing the
impact on Eurozone states due to the influx of
refugees and actualizing the need to reduce
dependence on Russian energy carriers. In
general, Kalyavyev & Shapoval (2020)
characterize the diplomatic relations of Ukraine
with the European Union in the field of security
as comprehensively developed on the basis of
ensuring the implementation of the principles of
democracy and the support of Ukraine by the
European Union in armed resistance to the
aggression of the Russian Federation.
The decisive steps taken by the European Union
in relation to Ukraine, manifested in the
unprecedented decision to grant Ukraine the
status of a candidate for EU membership, prove
the dominant importance of the principles of
democracy in the process of developing
diplomatic relations and the ability of the
European Union to provide a worthy response to
geopolitical challenges. Studies of LCF Law
Group (2022) in this direction show that
Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is
preceded by the conducting the necessary
reforms, in particular, as follows:
1) reform of the Constitutional Court;
2) judicial reform;
3) strengthening the fight against corruption;
4) bringing national legislation into
compliance with FATF standards in order to
strengthen the fight against money
laundering;
5) adoption of the anti-oligarchic law;
6) harmonization of audiovisual legislation
with the norms of European law;
7) improvement of legislation on national
minorities.
In this context, the establishment of relations
between Ukraine and NATO is of great
importance, which supports Ukraine’s ability to
ensure its own defence capability and contributes
to the strengthening of Euro-Atlantic security.
However, the establishment of relations with
NATO threatens Ukraine with the strengthening
of the armed aggression of the Russian
Federation against Ukraine, forasmuch as the
latter cites close cooperation with the North
Atlantic Alliance as one of the reasons for the
unjustified military invasion into Ukraine. There
is no gainsaying that it is impossible to establish
a political dialogue between Ukraine and Russia
in modern conditions; therefore, with the aim of
obtaining a certain defensive force against
Russia, Ukraine has turned to Switzerland with a
request to represent the interests of Ukraine in
Russia by Switzerland; however, the consent of
the aggressor country for such a representation
has not been obtained yet.
The remark of Masters (2022) is reasonable, who
claims that Ukraine has played an important role
in the world security order for a long period and
formed the priorities of interaction with the
European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, and the military actions taking
place on its territory testify to the destabilization
of the situation in the global security
environment and the resumption of fighting
between superpowers.
Rehman (2022), investigating the Russian –
Ukrainian conflict and its impact on global and
regional security, has established that Russia’s
war against Ukraine provoked the tension in the
geopolitical environment, the deterioration of the
world order and the problem of the aggravation
of nuclear danger on the European continent.
Undoubtedly, the security environment on a
global and regional scale has a significant impact
on Ukraine’s diplomatic relations with the
European Union, which, against the background
of increasing global trends and challenges,
exacerbates the problem of geopolitical
turbulence and confrontation, deepens the
processes of economic inequality. Under such
conditions, the experts of the Razumkov Centre
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(Razumkov Center, 2021b; Razumkov Center,
2021a) assume that the outlined trends threaten
to disregard the norms of international law, as a
result of which the problems of interaction
between the main subjects of diplomatic relations
worsen and conflicts arise, one of which is the
full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on
the territory of sovereign Ukraine.
A positive solution to the problem of ensuring
peace on the European continent, terminating the
war in Ukraine and providing the principles of
international security depends on the
effectiveness of establishing diplomatic relations
between the countries participating in the conflict
and the world community. It is obvious that the
entire civilized world condemns the armed
aggression of the Russian Federation and makes
maximum efforts to support and help in the
confrontation of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the
main prospects for terminating the war have not
been determined yet; and, the diplomatic way of
resolving the conflict situation has not been
successful.
Materials and Methods
The general scientific and special research
methods have been used in the academic paper,
in particular, as follows: methods of analysis,
synthesis and scientific abstraction have been
used in order to determine the essence of
diplomatic relations of Ukraine with the
European Union in the field of security and in
accordance with the candidacy; identification of
the main problematic aspects in the diplomatic
relations of Ukraine with the countries of the
European Union has been carried out by applying
the method of analogies and comparison;
studying the state, trends and dynamics of
indicators that reflect the level of support of the
European Union to Ukraine has been carried out
on the basis of statistical and graphic methods;
the generalization of the results of the conducted
research has been carried out using the method of
systematization.
The information base of the research consists of
scientific developments of domestic and foreign
scientists, reporting data of international and
domestic organizations.
Results
Obtaining the status of a candidate for
membership in the European Union by Ukraine
has opened up significant prospects for the
development of the country as an independent,
sovereign and democratic state. However, the
implementations of aspirations for full
integration and the desire to join the European
Union has provoked the opposition of the
Russian Federation, which considered Ukraine to
be a sphere of its own influence, which was
manifested in the full-scale military invasion of
the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine and
in the large-scale destruction that the country
suffered from.
On the very first day of the beginning of the
Russia – Ukraine war, Ukraine has severed
diplomatic relations with Russia and called on
the member states of the European Union to
provide assistance in order to retaliate against the
aggressor. In turn, the European Union has
condemned the actions of Russia and expressed
concern about the violation of security on the
European continent. As a result, the country has
found itself in a situation in which fighting
against the aggression of an enemy country
requires significant financial resources. Needless
to say, given the crisis state of the national
economy, Ukraine cannot finance the war on its
own.
Understanding the significant threat to the
security situation on the European continent and
Russia’s statements about its ambitious plans to
seize the territories of the post-Soviet countries,
the European Union has taken the decision to
provide the maximum possible support to
Ukraine and ensure its needs in deterring the
enemy. It should be noted that significant
amounts of financial resources in the form of
grants and loans were provided not only by the
countries of the European Union, but also by the
USA, Great Britain, Canada and Japan. In
addition, Ukraine received significant support
from international financial organizations, in
particular, from the World Bank, the European
Investment Bank and the International Monetary
Fund. The total amount of financial assistance to
Ukraine in the conditions of the war with the
Russian Federation in 2022 in terms of funding
sources is reflected in Figure 1.
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Figure 1. Amounts of financial assistance to Ukraine in the conditions of a war with the Russian Federation
in 2022.
Source: it has been complied based on: Samoiluk (2022).
As evidenced by the results of the conducted
research, the largest amounts of financial aid to
Ukraine have been planned by the European
Union (10 885 million USD) and the United
States (10 006 million USD). It should be noted
that 90% of the amount of financial assistance
from the USA is in the form of grants, and the
European Union finances the needs of Ukraine
under the terms and conditions of lending with
preferential terms. It is obvious that the given
amounts of funding are auxiliary and due to the
need caused by the war.
At the same time, it should be noted that the
investment attractiveness of Ukraine has
significantly decreased since the beginning of the
military conflict in the East of Ukraine in the
period of 2015–2020 (Figure 2), which is
evidenced by the rather low volumes of direct
investments in Ukraine from the European
Union. This is due to the high degree of risk for
European investors to invest in conflict zones,
where it is extremely difficult to ensure the
appropriate level of security of business and
invested capital, and the unpredictable possibility
of escalation of armed confrontation and
aggression significantly restrains the possibility
of investment activities.
The features of Ukraine’s diplomatic relations
with the European Union and their security
cooperation depend on numerous destabilizing
factors, from among which the following ones
should be highlighted as the most dangerous,
namely: the geopolitical processes in Europe and
the world, the complex security situation in the
middle of the European Union, as well as the war
in Ukraine, which is the most significant factor in
disrupting global economic stability.
The establishment of constructive regional
cooperation of Ukraine with neighbouring
countries is equally important and the
continuation of the implementation of cross-
border cooperation programs with the European
Union, which are financed by the latter, namely
in the format as follows:
1) Poland – Belarus – Ukraine;
2) Hungary – Slovakia – Romania – Ukraine;
3) Romania – Ukraine;
4) The Danube Transnational Programme.
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Figure 2. Dynamics of the volume of direct investments in Ukraine from the European Union in 2015–
2020.
Source: it has been complied based on: Samoiluk (2022).
However, if in relation to the second, third and
fourth programs no problematic aspects have
been recorded, then regarding the first one, there
are a number of issues related to the position of
Belarus and its attitude to the escalation of
military aggression on the territory of Ukraine.
Taking into account the significant list of
sanctions introduced by the European Union
against Belarus, the existing format of diplomatic
relations with Belarus cannot be implemented,
but requires significant modification and review.
In this context, the creation of new formats of
regional cooperation by Ukraine turns out to be
justified; in particular, the expediency of
strengthening diplomatic relations within the
framework of the so-called “Lublin Triangle”,
which has begun its operation in 2020 with the
participation of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, is
actualized. We consider it quite acceptable to
expand the boundaries of such international
cooperation by joining Latvia and Estonia, one of
the aspects of diplomatic relations between
which should be the deepening of cooperation in
the field of ensuring regional security.
In addition, the issue of ensuring peace and
security in the world and especially on the
European continent, which depend on the
behaviour of the Russian Federation in relation to
Ukraine and its influence on the world
community, remains unresolved. In order to find
effective methods for the implementation of the
specified aspirations by the European Union and
a quick resolution of the Ukrainian-Russian
conflict, a list of principles of interaction
between the European Union and the aggressor
country has been formed, which is systematized
in Figure 3.
Summarizing the principles of the interaction of
the European Union with Russia in the conditions
of the war in Ukraine makes it possible to single
out certain features; in particular, it is worth
noting the active support of the European Union
for the principles of democracy and the desire for
a peaceful resolution of the military conflict. At
the same time, it stands to mention the
introduction of a strict sanctions policy against
the Russian Federation and the restriction of its
access to international systems, as well as the
intensification of activities related to the search
for new formats for the establishment of
diplomatic relations in the field of security.
It is obvious that ensuring peace and security is a
priority direction in developing diplomatic
relations between Ukraine and the European
Union. With the aim of bringing Ukraine closer
to the European community, a number of
unprecedented decisions were made, as a result
of which Ukraine, under a simplified procedure,
has acquired the status of a candidate for
membership in the European Union and received
benefits and preferences in the field of financing
basic and additional needs.
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Figure 3. The basic principles of the interaction of the European Union with Russia in the conditions of
increasing challenges and the danger of war in Ukraine.
Source: author’s development.
Discussion
Scientific studies of diplomatic relations of
Ukraine with the European Union in the field of
security and in accordance with the candidacy are
in the centre of attention of the scientific
community, and the specifics of their
development in the conditions of the war of the
Russian Federation with Ukraine, at the moment,
are not sufficiently covered and fully disclosed.
It is obvious that the challenges, threats and
dangers caused by Russia’s military invasion
have led to the destabilization of the security
situation in the whole world and caused the need
to review the existing approaches to ensuring
international security. Staying of Ukraine in the
so-called “grey zone” of international relations,
in the role of a mediator between peace and war,
causes additional obstacles for the rapid
resolution of conflict situations, under which
Russia turns into an aggressor country that
terrorizes the whole world with its threats to use
nuclear weapons, and the establishment of its
own spheres of influence in Europe. Under such
conditions, the following situation is observed:
Ukraine is unable to independently resist the
armed pressure of Russia and requires the help of
highly developed countries in obtaining
defensive weapons, forasmuch the acquisition of
offensive weapons is limited by the principles of
the functioning of the European Union and
NATO. At the same time, it is worth recognizing
that Ukraine’s security depends significantly on
the strengthening of European security, and in all
its dimensions.
Undoubtedly, under the circumstances prevailing
in Europe, the European Union has faced a crisis
of the security system and the unreliability of the
mechanisms for deterring military aggression.
Taking into account the outlined tendencies, a
number of challenges, threats and risks have been
formed in the European community, leading to
the deepening of security instability and causing
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INTERACTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WITH
RUSSIA
Strengthening the activities of the European Union towards preventing Russia’s attempts to
create spheres of influence in Europe
Confirmation of the solidarity of the European Union with Ukraine and other countries of
Eastern Europe that cooperate with the European Union and are threatened by Russia by
supporting the existing mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of conflicts
Confirmation of the main provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and the Paris Charter regarding
the implementation of the principles of ensuring and strengthening European security
Intensification of the activities of the European Union regarding the convictions of Russia to
proceed to the de-escalation of the conflict with Ukraine
The requirements of the European Union to start negotiations and establish a dialogue between
Russia and Ukraine
Intensification of the restrictive measures of the European Union and partner countries against
Russia as a response to military actions and armed aggression against Ukraine and to the
destabilization of the situation in Europe
Coordinating the capabilities of the European Union together with the United States and the
North Atlantic Alliance in order to ensure peace and security on the continent
Intensification of the activities of the European Union regarding the strengthening of
sanctions against Russia
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the emergence of destabilizing factors, in
particular as follows:
1) the presence of unresolved disagreements,
conflict situations and frozen conflicts;
2) international rivalry for obtaining access to
resources and control over logistics routes;
3) the danger of spreading weapons of mass
destruction;
4) intensification of the development of regional
separatism, terrorism, extremism, religious
and ethnic confrontation.
The strengthening of the influence of the above-
mentioned destabilizing factors, supplemented
by the problems of armed aggression of Russia
against Ukraine, requires the search for effective
ways and methods of solving the crisis security
situation in Europe in order to establish effective
diplomatic relations in the field of security based
on the principles of democracy, mutual respect
and international cooperation.
Conclusions
Thus, the obtained results of the conducted
studies of diplomatic relations of Ukraine with
the European Union in the field of security and in
accordance with the application make it possible
to state that the issue of ensuring security on the
European continent has become extremely acute
and requires an immediate and balanced solution,
which becomes possible by building an effective
interstate diplomatic dialogue. It has been
established that the diplomatic relations of
Ukraine with the European Union in the field of
security and in accordance with the candidacy are
the main form of interstate support in accordance
with the norms of international law and the
practice of conducting international dialogue in
the field of security and maintaining international
peace. It is obvious that the diplomatic relations
of Ukraine with the European Union in the field
of security and in accordance with the candidacy
in the conditions of 2022 are characterized as the
cornerstone of the world system of interstate
relations in the field of implementation of the
international legal capacity and competence of
states. It has been revealed that the Russian
Federation considers Ukraine a sphere of its own
influence and makes maximum efforts to
establish control over it, using forcible methods.
It has been proven that the diplomatic relations of
Ukraine with the European Union are
characterized by loyalty, efficiency and a high
level of multilateral support for Ukraine, which
is confirmed, in particular, by the highest
volumes of financial assistance provided by the
European Union and the unprecedented decision
to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU
membership.
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