Leaders of the countries of the Atlantic Alliance (NATO) will be afraid of a Russian attack on one of them. Until such a reinstatement, they are doubtful that the United States will preserve its traditional role in protecting Europe as part of the Alliance.
RBC-Ukraine reports about this from reports on Bloomberg.
The agency noted growing anxiety among US President Joe Biden's European allies. They know that there is a period when Russia is encouraged by its successes on the battlefield in Ukraine, the United States can quickly help NATO countries, and the leaders of those countries themselves have earned little to prepare .
Such pessimism dominated Last weekend, at the Munich security conference, leaders and representatives of defense agencies gathered to counter the greatest geopolitical threats in the world.
Senior defense officials present expressed concern that the United States would not provide billions of dollars in funding to Ukraine and stated that they were planning scenarios in which the very public reduction of support could Invite Russia to a direct attack on a NATO ally.
One of the anonymous officials noted that it was equalized with the decisiveness of the front-line agents, whose fate in Munich was dying out of insignificance.
The agency notes that pessimism and increased fear of Russia’s attack at the conference near Munich provoked low remaining efforts, including the occupation by Russians of the town of Avdiivka near the Donetsk region, the death of the Russian the position of Oleksiy Navalny and the US Congress's support for the package of financial assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.< /p>
Republican Senator from Ohio J.D. Vance, who is opposed to aid to Ukraine and a close ally of Donald Trump, expressed a thought shared by many members of his party. He stated that the United States needs to reorient its foreign policy towards Asia, depriving it of fewer resources to support its friends on the other side of the Atlantic.
“The problem for Europe is that it will not provide sufficient security Muvannya independently, that's why does not show sufficient initiative. The American “cave” of security has allowed European security to atrophy,” Vance said at a panel discussion in Munich.
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is the leading contender for the seat at the NATO offensive commander, – he said to those who scoff at Trump’s rhetoric.
“Let’s stop, talk and talk about Trump – we don’t spend more on defense and don’t increase the production of ammunition, so Trump can turn around. We have to work, because we want to work, and it’s also in our interests,” Ruth said those
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas admitted that “American officials, who have so powerfully crossed the Atlantic, may have won people’s hearts and minds.”
“It seemed like it was that, while hanging around here, they might better understand what to stand on the boundary,” she said in an interview with Bloomberg. She added that after discussions with senators and representatives of Congress, she is optimistic and confident that the House of Representatives will praise the package of financial assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Callas also reported , that “hours are spent on Putin’s grudge” “.
We were supported by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
“It’s not just about praising the right decision, but also about praising the right decision at an early stage,” he said at the time in Munich.
Munich Security Conference-2024
From 16 to 18 the storm was on the horizon chna Munich security conference. More than 150 world leaders gathered in Nimecchyna to discuss problems in the field of global security. One of the key topics was financial assistance to Ukraine.
At the hour of my appearance on the panel, the Minister of Defense of Germany Boris Pistorius did not turn off the fact that in 5-8 years Russia will attack one of the countries The EU and NATO have called to prepare for “worst-case scenario.”
The leader of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, stated that the Alliance will require transformation, and Zahid must prepare for an era in which everything could happen at any time, including the cob Iyni.< /p>
Previously, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky predicted that the collapse of Kiev's advance and the fear of an escalating war with Russia could continue the military operations for the worse.
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