Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a rival to current leader Volodymyr Zelensky, announced a ban from the country to travel to Lithuania, criticizing a decision that violated the internal “political ceasefire” in effect due to the Russian occupation.
Poroshenko, who was the president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019, currently leads the European Solidarity party, which is the second largest formation in Parliament and opposes Zelensky.
According to press services, Poroshenko was “blocked” from “crossing the border with Ukraine” as the former president prepared to travel to attend the NATO parliamentary meeting in Vilnius and as a permanent member received “all official permissions to leave the country”. From the Ukrainian delegation.
“With this decision, the authorities risk violating the wartime political ceasefire with opposition forces, which is one of the pillars of national unity in the face of Russian aggression,” the service said.
Disputes in Ukrainian politics have come to an end since the country was occupied by Russian troops on February 24. Most of the political forces united to defend the country. 11 parties thought to be pro-Russian were banned.
source: Noticias
