If NATO does not accept Ukraine into the North Atlantic Alliance, Russia may annex Ukraine gradually. A similar turn of events occurred in an article written for a British newspaper by Michael Ashcroft, the former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party of Great Britain. Telegram.
“Let Ukraine be <…> member of NATO <…> “This is better than allowing the Russian Federation to partially or completely annex Ukraine,” the former parliamentarian thinks.
According to Ashcroft, the actions of NATO and Western allies towards Ukraine are a betrayal, because despite promises to accept Ukraine into military-political unification as soon as possible, the entry of the republic can be delayed for a long time and lead to the complete defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Douglas Jones aforementionedUkraine’s entry into NATO without part of its territory would create a danger of dragging the alliance and the United States into the Ukrainian conflict.
Formerly Secretary General of NATO named Difficult situation in the Ukrainian conflict zone.