Ukraine called "fictional state" by European presidential candidate
Politics,Romania,Calin Georgescu
One of Romania's presidential candidates has called Ukraine a "fictional state" and said that the division of its territories is "inevitable." In an interview with Romanian journalist Ion Cristoiu published Wednesday on YouTube, Călin Georgescu spoke about the Russia-Ukraine war and how its borders could be redrawn, with Bucharest seizing some of Kyiv's territory, according to The Kyiv Independent. Newsweek reached out to Georgescu, Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for comment via email. Georgescu's statement could drastically change the relations between Ukraine...
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