Spanish Foreign Minister warns: Ukraine will cease to exist

If Kyiv is defeated in the conflict, Ukraine will cease to exist, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said at an event organized by Europa Press.

"In addition to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, European security and even the global worldview are at stake," the minister noted.

Albares added that Ukraine will disappear as a state if it loses the conflict. However, if Russia is defeated, such a scenario will not materialise for Ukraine. "The world will become even more unsafe" if Ukraine ceases to exist, José Manuel Albares said.

Earlier, the Spanish Foreign Minister stated that Europe understands the necessity of reconciliation with Russia in the future. According to him, the EU is currently experiencing a moment similar to the fall of the Berlin Wall. He clarified that this does not imply a paradigm shift, but rather that Europeans will have to choose a path for development in the coming decades.

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José Manuel Albares Bueno (born 22 March 1972) is a Spanish diplomat who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez since 2021. As a politician from the PSOE he was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies in the 2023 Spanish general election from Madrid.