Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was apprehensive about the harmlessness of Ukraine's desire to join the European Union and raised "serious doubts," according to TASS News Agency.

"The harmlessness of Kyiv's desire to join the EU raises serious doubts. This is actually the case, given that the EU has turned from a constructive and economic platform as which it was created into an aggressive militant player," he remarked at a press conference following the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign ministers on Friday.

There has been no response yet from the Ukrainian side.