by Chris Black
The possibility of Ukraine joining NATO poses a threat to European security, as it creates the grounds for a major conflict between Moscow and the military bloc, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday.
Ukraine’s official state doctrine includes an intention to restore Kiev’s sovereignty over the Crimean Peninsula, which has been part of Russia since 2014, and, notably, by “military means,” he pointed out, during a joint press conference with the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban.
Russia’s President Putin in presser with Hungary's PM Orban:
– If Ukraine joins NATO and tries to take back Crimea by force, are we supposed to go to war with NATO?
– Possible Ukraine NATO membership would undermine our security pic.twitter.com/RrVPuprJQ6— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) February 1, 2022
Russia’s President Putin on Ukraine joining NATO:
– Russia's security proposals have been ignored by West,
– Wrong to allow one country to increase its security at the expense of another country pic.twitter.com/JaMCyfManv— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) February 1, 2022
I think a war with Russia is a really great idea.