Ukrainian-German Relations as a Factor of European Orientation of the Country
From the German point of view, Ukraine is percepted primarily as a state which has been situated on the Eastern border of the EU since 2004, and as a territory intersected by the routes of energy raw material transit from Russia to Europe. On one hand, from this perspective Ukraine has a strategic position, yet from the German point of view it is percepted as a source of potential security risks. On the other hand, for Ukraine…