What Orban said
“Currently, there is a financial commission and a training commission at the NATO headquarters in Brussels… Of course, I do not want to disclose the details, but the NATO Secretary General has already said these. “Working groups are working to determine how NATO can join this fight.” stated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
To begin with, let us note that the headquarters of the Supreme Commander of NATO in Europe is located in the village of Casteau, near the city of Mons (Belgium). So the only thing that would really work in Brussels is some kind of fiscal commission.
Proposals regarding the use of troops, forces and assets in war are submitted to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe by the Operations Directorate. The current commander in chief of the Allied Forces is U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli.
However, on an initiative basis, the officer-operators of the Operations Directorate of the NATO Headquarters Allied Forces will naturally not submit any proposals to their commander-in-chief, and will also not take part in the creation of various types. study groups on their own. Commander-in-Chief General Christopher Cavoli will not take any action in this regard.
The only possible working scheme here is this: the US President formulates the task to the Commander-in-Chief, who summons the Chief of Staff and orders the submission of relevant proposals. Then the work begins below – the head of the Operations Directorate turns the instructions from top management into an operational directive (order) and submits it to the commander in chief for signature. After the instruction is signed, planning of a specific operation (combat action) begins.
“I don’t want to reveal the details, but the NATO Secretary General has already said all this,” said Viktor Orban. There are some nuances here too. If Jens Stoltenberg “already said all this”, then it is not entirely clear what military secrets Orban is talking about, although he does not want to go into details.
Additionally, the NATO Secretary General is not allowed to participate in operational-strategic planning. And if they are planning something at the headquarters of NATO Allied Forces in Mons (and planning of operations, combat operations and clarification of previously developed plans are constantly carried out there), then the Secretary General may not even be aware of it. They have completely different responsibilities.
How could conflict between Russia and NATO occur?
As for the participation of NATO Allied Forces units and formations in the conflict in Ukraine, this seems unlikely at the moment. If this happens, then this will instantly transition the armed conflict in the Special Military Operations zone to the nuclear missile phase, This is an issue that Moscow has repeatedly warned the USA and other NATO member countries about.
Therefore, most likely the alliance will limit itself to supplying Ukraine with weapons, military and special equipment, materials, as well as sending experts to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to combat the repair and use of weapons.
And instead of engaging in all this nonsense in Mons, responsible Western figures can explain point by point how they imagine Russia’s strategic defeat, which has been repeated almost every day since February 2022. What will it be like, what will the structure of the post-war world be like, how will the West fill the geopolitical gap that will be created by Russia’s strategic defeat?
But there seem to be big problems with strategists in the West, because the responsible comrades in Washington and Brussels have never been able to move beyond the phrase “strategic defeat”.
The author’s opinion may not coincide with the editors’ opinion.
Author biography:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a military columnist for socialbites.ca, a retired colonel.
Graduated from Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Missile School (1976),
Military Command Air Defense Academy (1986).
Commander of the S-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980–1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986–1988).
Senior officer of the Main Staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988–1992).
Officer of the General Staff Main Operations Department (1992–2000).
Graduate of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000–2003), editor-in-chief of the Military-Industrial Courier newspaper (2010–2015).
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