The increase of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine has set off all the alarms. The meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers in Liverpool aims to give an image of unity in the face of the possible attack by Russia. Europe and United States They have already warned Putin that this attack may have “severe consequences“, insisting that they will not send troops if they finally invade Ukrainian soil.
Putin’s meeting and has not lessened the tension either. Eduardo Saldana, co-director of World Order, explains in the video that Russia is seeking an agreement and “establishing zones of influence that prevent Ukraine join NATO“This approach of Ukraine to NATO makes the Kremlin nervous, as Carmen Claudin, Senior Associate Researcher at the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB), tells laSexta.
“Everything that involves the rapprochement of these countries to the West is seen by Moscow as the implementation of a dynamic that is forcibly aggressive“, he affirms. The US and NATO rule out a military intervention and that is precisely what Putin is playing with.
“This emboldens the Kremlin. They know perfectly well that the European Union, neither the US nor NATO are going to resort to a military response, “adds Claudin. Because it already happened in 2014 with the Crimean peninsula, occupied by Russia since then, or in the Donbass region, where clashes between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army have increased in recent days.
NATO demands that Russia immediately lower the tension, while Putin is deaf, and continue walking in the other direction.
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