NATO countries began preparing for conflict with Russia 14 years before the start of the special military operation in Ukraine in 2008. This was published at the Warsaw Security Forum by Admiral Rob Bauer, chairman of the North Atlantic Alliance Military Committee. Web site organizations.
According to the military man, in fact, since 2008, NATO began to work to “return the thinking in the alliance member countries to the principles of collective defense.”
Bauer said this was necessary “due to the behavior of Russia”, which has been a NATO partner for more than 15 years, but then the Georgia-South Ossetia war began, Crimea became part of the Russian Federation in 2014, and Russia became part of the Russian Federation. He argues that he has become a part of it. The special operation started last year.
“The biggest change in NATO was preparation for NATO [противостоянию с] an enemy that is becoming increasingly aggressive,” Bauer said.
He said that the North Atlantic Alliance began to change its military strategy in 2019 and then managed to create detailed military plans, which were approved at the summit of NATO heads of state and government in Vilnius in July this year. According to the admiral, the purpose of these plans is to prepare for a possible military conflict with Russia.
At the end of September, a NATO-owned magazine published an article written by a former Pentagon official about the possibility of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons in a “hypothetical war” with the North Atlantic Alliance. The author expressed the opinion that Moscow could use this to prevent defeat or obtain more favorable conditions for ending the conflict. The Russian Federation has repeatedly called for an end to “nuclear” speculation. More details in the material “socialbites.ca”.
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