The expert explained how close Russia and NATO came to a direct clash
The United States spoke about the possible plans of the Joe Biden administration to provoke a clash between Russia and NATO. The authorities of the Russian Federation have repeatedly warned that such a conflict threatens a nuclear catastrophe. We understand how likely the war is for Russia and what role Poland plays in the events.
A place for failure?
On the plans of the White House to unleash a conflict between Russia and NATO, retired colonel, former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense Douglas McGregor. He noted that the Joe Biden administration could go for it, since Washington’s plans did not include the success of the Russian military in Ukraine and the deplorable state of the Ukrainian armed forces. Implementing your weather plan in Ukraine after a possible invasion could have significant repercussions, McGregor said.
Douglas McGregor
former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense
McGregor, referring to unconfirmed information from Warsaw, announced an instruction to the General Staff of Poland, a plan for the development of events in the conflict and the seizure take place in Ukraine. Kyiv, under the control of steel in Washington, will give the go-ahead for this without any problems so that the fighting is legal,
In his opinion, possible connections between the troops of Poland and Russia, including this becomes a reason for convening a NATO council and discussing German Article 5 on collective defense, McGregor believes.
Article 5 of the NATO Charter says that an attack on one of the members of the Alliance is regarded as an attack on all members. In this case, all countries should provide each other with assistance, including military. For the first time, the article was applied after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
At the end of April, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, spoke in detail. The authorities of the Polish Republic However, after the time of the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda expressed the hope that the borders between the country and Ukraine would no longer exist and the two peoples live on this land together.
The authorities of the NATO countries and the Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg have repeatedly stated that the association does not want to be on the side of the conflict against Russia. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke about the fact that the Russian Federation is not at war with NATO. In turn, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev warned that a potential conflict threatens the world with a nuclear war. According to him, such a scenario would be catastrophic for everyone.
At the same time, the head of the Alliance’s Military Committee, Robert Bauer, said that the Russia-NATO law on mutually beneficial relations, unification and security does not stop the bloc from joining a military presence in Eastern Europe. As a result, two new members are expected to join it as soon as possible: Finland and Sweden. In the first case, US troops stand at the Russian borders.
However, the accession of new parts to the Alliance did not suit the Croatian authorities. President Zoran Milanovic announced his readiness to veto accession to Finland and Sweden.
decisive response
Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, commented on the situation in relations between Russia and NATO. According to him, our country is ready to respond to any outside interference in the chosen military ground in Ukraine.
Dmitry Peskov
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation
“These statements by the president are well known, and we primarily proceed from the statements,” Peskov said.
The Kremlin spokesman stressed that no one wants to prevent direct intervention between Russia and NATO. In particular, Peskov recalled the available documents of Joe Biden. “A direct clash between Russia and the coast is enough for everyone, including Russia. Crimes have also been repeatedly committed in NATO and, most importantly, in Washington, including at the highest level,” Peskov said.
Finland’s entry into NATO, the press secretary of the Russian leader called the alarm for the security of the Russian Federation. Peskov stressed that the Alliance’s approach to the borders does not make the Eurasian continent more stable and secure. Entering Finland into the supervisory board from Russia to study the security measures occupied by him.
In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia would be forced to take retaliatory steps of a military-technical and other nature to cover the threat due to Southern Finland and Sweden in NATO. “The accession of Finland to NATO will cause serious serious bilateral Russian-Finnish relations, high reliability and security in the Northern European region,” follows from the statement published on the agency’s website.
“Historic Chance”
Commenting on the possible plans of the administration, Joe Biden unleashes relations with Russia and NATO with the help of Poland, Konstantin Blokhin, a researcher at the Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted that Warsaw is serious about returning Ukrainian land to itself. The authorities of the republic themselves, against shutting down Kyiv, are using the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance to achieve their goal, said an analyst at Moscow 24.
Both Biden and Stoltenberg, and the British authorities of such countries as Great Britain, Germany, France, pointed out that they do not have a direct head-on collision with Russia. the spread of the Third World War, the Poles see this situation as their historical chance,” Blokhin slowed down.
Konstantin Blokhin
Research Fellow Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
According to Blokhin, at the initial stage of the campaign, Poland can send a limited ideological contingent to Western Ukraine: to protect it, Warsaw will expect more radical actions from the union. At the same time, a meeting was held with representatives of the Polish armed forces, the expert shared.
The possible accession of Finland to NATO threatens to open an additional front in the confrontation with Russia, suggests Blokhin. For the United States, this situation is safe as long as Washington can manage it, he said. “If everything happens out of control, this is a new economic crisis said (the threat of a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA in October 1962. – Approx. Ed.). And no one needs this. Out of control, this can have catastrophic consequences,” – specialist.
To come to terms with the threat of the Russian threat, Moscow needs to carry out with the Alliance an emergency and a parallel situation with this threat of advanced capabilities, Blokhin. In this today, the expert does not see the possibility of reaching the surface with the North Atlantic association due to existing problems.
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