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Russian President Vladimir Putin considers Ukraine’s entry into NATO a direct threat to Russia’s security. In his address to the Russians, he said that US officials argued that active hostilities in the East of Ukraine do not interfere with the country’s entry into NATO.
Putin pointed out that each country has the right to enter into military alliances, however, he added, one cannot strengthen one’s security at the expense of the security of other states.
According to the Russian leader, the alliance allegedly started the development of the territory of Ukraine.
If the country joins NATO, Ukraine will serve as a forward springboard for the alliance’s strike on Russia, Putin believes. He believes that inUkraine’s accession to NATO and the deployment of the alliance’s weapons in this country is a foregone conclusion.
If the United States deploys a number of weapons in Ukraine, it will mean that they have put a knife to Russia’s throat, Putin added.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was “cheated, brazenly deceived” by Western countries, who promised that the North Atlantic Alliance would not expand to the east.
He was answered by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. According to him, NATO did not violate the promise not to expand to the east. “Not. NATO makes decisions together with 30 member countries, there is no decision anywhere in which the NATO countries agreed to abandon what is written in the founding NATO treaty, the Washington Treaty,” Stoltenberg said.
According to him, according to the agreement, European countries can join NATO.
Source: Rosbalt
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