Romanian Ultra-Nationalist Presidential Hopeful Vows to End Military Aid to Kyiv
Live Mint-- Romania’s ultra-nationalist party leader, whose popularity has propelled him to No. 2 in the polls ahead of the country’s presidential election, said he would halt military aid to Ukraine if he gets the top job. “We won’t be sending military aid to Ukraine — and this doesn’t make us pro-Russian,” Simion told a group of foreign journalists in Bucharest on Wednesday. Simion has been banned from entering Ukraine for what authorities in Kyiv call his “systematic anti-Ukrainian activities” — as well as Moldova, which he’s called an “artificial state.” Romania shares the longest border of any EU member state with Ukraine, which it’s backed in the war, including with the delivery of a Patriot air-defense battery. Simion’s party, AUR — a play on the Romanian word for “gold” — has expanded its popularity since entering parliament four years ago.
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