“The aborted uprising of the Wagner Group mercenaries shows that Vladimir Putin made a strategic mistake in deciding to go to war against Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Vilnius.
Putin made a mistake with the annexation of Crimea and the war in Ukraine
This weekend’s events are an internal affair of Russia, but they have shown what a huge strategic mistake President Putin made in illegally annexing Crimea and waging war against Ukraine.
– Stoltenberg told journalists on the first day of his visit to the Lithuanian capital, where he appeared next to the country’s president, Gitanas Nauseda.
While the Russians continue this aggression, it is all the more important for us to continue to support Ukraine
– emphasized the Secretary General of NATO. He added that he saw no signs that Russia was preparing to use nuclear weapons.
“In the future, we can expect challenges of a similar or larger scale.”
What happened in Russia shows the instability of the Kremlin regime; in the future we can expect challenges of a similar or larger scale
— pointed out to President Nauseda. He noted that the attempted coup by Yevgeny Prigozhin could affect the security of Lithuania and the region, especially given the announcements that the owner of the Wagner Group, in conflict with part of the Russian establishment, would move to Belarus .
Stoltenberg’s two-day visit to Vilnius precedes the NATO summit scheduled for July 11-12, to be held in the Lithuanian capital this year.
At the Vilnius meeting, we will agree on a support package for Kiev, we will strengthen our ties with Ukraine to bring it even closer to NATO. All Allies agree that the door of NATO is open and that Ukraine should join the Alliance; this decision will be made solely by Ukraine and allies, Russia has no right of veto
– recalled Stoltenberg’s position presented earlier.
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Source: wPolityce