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The deputy has already reacted to the announcement of his exclusion.
Oleksiy Goncharenko was officially excluded from the faction of the party "European Solidarity." The announcement was made from the parliament podium by Vice Speaker Oleksandr Korniyenko.
“Pursuant to Part 3 of Article 60 of the Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and in accordance with the decision of the parliamentary faction of the political party ‘European Solidarity’ dated 5 October 2026 year, I hereby announce the exclusion from the parliamentary faction of the ‘European Solidarity’ faction of deputy Goncharenko Oleksii Oleksiiovych,” — said Korniyenko.
Goncharenko himself thanked the deputies of ‘European Solidarity.’ According to him, they “together managed to achieve significant changes in Ukraine and we will continue to work for Ukraine.”
The scandal around Goncharenko flared up when he published a column in the Ukrainian Pravda titled “Goncharenko’s Peace Plan: How to Stop the War Step by Step” and a series of posts on his Telegram channel. In these texts he stated that Ukraine would “lose the war,” therefore it is necessary to negotiate and “to stand up for the lifting of sanctions on Russia in exchange for stopping any long-range strikes, unlocking the Black Sea, and restricting hostilities along a stretch of the front in Donbas,” and in general “negotiate everywhere possible.” At the same time he asserts that “negotiating” “does not mean capitulation.”
Such a position drew negative reactions within the European Solidarity party, and, eventually, they announced his exclusion from the party faction in the Verkhovna Rada. Not naming the deputy, they stated that “peace cannot mean capitulation of Ukrainian statehood and identity,” and that “peace is Ukraine, which after the war remains strong, armed, democratic, European and Ukrainian. With its army. With its language. With its faith.”
After being expelled from the faction, the deputy said that “the breakup has ripened, and we all know it.” According to him, he still supports many party views, but “fundamental differences have emerged.”
In a comment to LIGA.net, one of the faction members said that after breaking with European Solidarity, Goncharenko is preparing his own political project and seeks to attract voters of Volodymyr Zelensky.
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