Tensions with Russia, Ukrainian MP thanks Kosovo for support

Ukraine's MP, Iryna Friz, has thanked Kosovo for the support it has shown at moments when Russia is said to enter this state.

She has thanked the country's president, Vjosa Osmani, and former Foreign Minister Vlora Citaku, for backing Kiev, also distributing their Twitter posts.

I am convinced that Ukraine must support true friends, who also choose their independence. It's time to reject double standards”.

Ukraine's “My friends are not the ones who send pro-Russian militants to our land, but those who, also under threat of armed conflict, express support for our state”, Fries said on the social Facebook network.

It has called for friendly Kosovo-Ukrainian relations, saying they have been blocked by Russia's Balkan politics.