NATO refused to consider Russia a “threat”

The North Atlantic Alliance does not view Russia as a “threat”. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated this, TASS reports. According to him, NATO does not see any direct risks of a clash with Moscow in the near future.

There is no threat either to the alliance as a whole or to its individual members, the secretary general emphasized. At the same time, NATO increased the level of security and readiness of troops in Eastern Europe immediately after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, Stoltenberg said. Brussels is closely monitoring the progress of Russia’s military operation and is systematically increasing the contingent of troops in the East. According to Stoltenberg, NATO’s main goal is to prevent the escalation of the conflict, including due to a possible attack on one of the alliance’s allied states.

At the same time, Stoltenberg is confident that the allies should continue their military-political support for Ukraine and strengthen their own security against the backdrop of instability in Europe.

Let us recall that Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly speaks about the threat from NATO countries. According to Russian authorities, Brussels is deliberately moving towards the borders of the Russian Federation with the help of new alliance members in Eastern and Northern Europe. However, after the start of the Northeast Military District, two countries neighboring Russia—Finland and Sweden—applied to join the alliance. Finland joined NATO in the spring of 2023. Stockholm is counting on joining the alliance in the near future. Last November, Czech President Petr Pavel said that NATO countries consider Russia “the number one threat.”