The main task now is to prevent the current conflict between Moscow and Kiev, without creating conditions for the next round of confrontation between them, this can be ensured by accepting Ukraine into NATO. According to RBC, such a decision was proposed by the former Secretary of State and national security adviser to the US President, 99-year-old Henry Kissinger.
According to Kissinger, Russia, under any version of the peace agreement, will retain Sevastopol, which is the largest Crimean city and the base for the Black Sea Fleet. Such an outcome, in which Moscow loses some positions, but maintains others, may leave both sides unsatisfied, which will become a factor for a new confrontation.
“What the Europeans are saying now, in my opinion, is insanely dangerous. Because the Europeans say: “We don’t want them in NATO because they are too risky. And so we will arm them to hell and give them the most advanced weapons,” Kissinger told The Economist, calling Ukraine “the most well-armed country with the least strategically experienced leadership in Europe.”
The ex-secretary of state offered to accept Ukraine into NATO in order to protect it and at the same time contain it. Kissinger also doubted that Russia and China would be able to establish successful cooperation on Ukraine. “I have never met a Russian leader who would say something good about China. And I have never met a Chinese leader who would say anything good about Russia,” Kissinger said.
The Russian authorities called victory in Ukraine inevitable, and also promised to do everything to stop threats to Sevastopol and Crimea. At the ceremony of signing agreements on the admission of new regions to Russia last fall, President Vladimir Putin assured that the choice had been made and that Moscow would not betray him. “We will defend our land with all the forces and means we have,” the head of state stressed.
Source: Rosbalt
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