Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko retracted his words, saying that Ukraine would not reconsider its plans to join NATO in order to prevent a war with Russia, Reuters reports.

Prior to this, Prystaiko, in an interview with BBC Radio 5, said that Ukraine could refuse to join NATO in order to avoid a war with Russia in the allegedly existing conditions of threats and blackmail. He added that Kiev can "show flexibility."

However, his statement was immediately criticized in Ukraine - the press secretary of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Serhiy Nikiforov, recalled that the desire to join NATO is enshrined in the Ukrainian constitution, and demanded that Prystaiko explain himself.

Volodymyr Shalkivsky, Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Australia, also commented on the statement of his colleague, who believes that the majority of the country's population will be against this.

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