OREANDA-NEWS. The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, said in an interview with RIA Novosti that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky depends on nationalists and financial assistance from America and Europe.

The head of the LPR said: “Today, there are probably still political and military forces in Ukraine, which are formed from among the nationalists who terribly hate Russia. And for them, America is probably much more a friend and comrade than Russia. And they obviously have a very serious weight on the territory of Ukraine, a very serious force, which, in my opinion, President Zelensky is also afraid of. This is the first moment. "

Secondly, according to Pasechnik, Ukraine's economy depends on America.

He explained: "If President Zelensky will be obedient, then he will receive another tranche. Somehow Ukraine, good or bad, but will be able to live for a certain period of time. It will be disobedient, the tranche will not receive, well, what a sin to hide, here it is , the economy of Ukraine, we, in principle, see its reflection on the territory of Donbass, well, after all, this is its mirror image. "

Pasechnik stressed that the LPR until 2014 was also part of the economic system of Ukraine. “That is, in what condition our plants, factories, we all can see perfectly well, everything is in a ruined state, practically abandoned. No one has built anything new, no one is doing any projects, no one is investing money in the economy. There is only enough money for that. to pay social benefits, to pay pensions, to pay salaries, and to somehow prevent a social explosion.

The head of the LPR concluded that "therefore, Zelensky, of course, he is sitting on a financial needle, on which he depends, and therefore his dependence, in general, is determined from the United States of America, from Europe and so on."