Wolfgang Ischinger, former chairman of the Munich Security Conference, believes that one of the options for providing Ukraine with security guarantees before the country joins NATO could be the alliance’s transition to the so-called “defense escalation” when NATO troops respond. The attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on Kiev with the supply of new weapons. He wrote an article for Policy.
According to him, at the NATO summit in Vilnius (July 11-12), NATO could “change roles” and give Moscow a signal, for example, about the bombing of Ukrainian civilian targets by the Russian Armed Forces from now on. It will lead the West to take concrete measures. In particular, Kiev will receive ammunition and weapons, as well as more advanced ballistic and long-range missiles.
Ischinger suggested that NATO may also allow Ukraine to participate in weapons procurement and programs, exercises, intelligence sharing, and alliance council meetings as a permanent guest without voting rights.
The diplomat named another strategy, following the example of Ukraine’s Western support for Israel, the possibility of relying on the policy of bilateral security agreements, primarily the United States.
On the same day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declarationGermany is one of the countries that thinks it has to give Ukraine security guarantees for the period after the end of the conflict.
In November 2022, Zelensky announced a 10-item “peace formula” in his speech at the G20 summit. In particular, the document refers to the restoration of Ukraine’s borders in 1991, the exchange of detainees according to the formula “for all”, the provision of nuclear, food and energy security.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
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