Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke of Western Ukraine, saying that Ukraine could be accepted into the alliance “in pieces”. It has been reported RND.
“Of course all this is difficult and ultimately everything depends on Ukraine’s decisions, but in any case it is not impossible. And this could have a balancing effect on the whole of Europe. Consider West Germany joining NATO in 1955,” Rasmussen said in response to a related question.
He also proposed an option in which the obligations to provide assistance under Article 5 of the alliance would be fulfilled only in the event of an attack on part of the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.
At the same time, Rasmussen thought it was a strategic mistake. will Waiting for the end of the Ukrainian conflict to accept Ukraine into NATO. The former secretary-general also expressed the view that as a result, the conflict would prolong indefinitely.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz judicial The reason why Ukraine will not be able to join NATO.