Keeping Ukraine out of NATO helps Russia plan future aggression, European commissioner says
European Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has stated that denying Ukraine NATO membership will only make it easier for Russia to plan future aggressive actions.
Source: Kubilius on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Details: Kubilius believes that Russia’s demands that Ukraine be refused NATO membership are not because it fears an attack from the Alliance.
"They [the Russians] fear NATO will defend Ukraine against Russia's next aggression," he stressed. "'No-NATO' for Ukraine makes it easier for Russia to plan its next aggression."
Background:
- US President Donald Trump recently reiterated his own earlier claims that Ukraine had provoked the war by seeking to join NATO.
- Earlier, it was reported that the Trump administration had handed Ukraine a one-page document in Paris, presenting it as a "final proposal" for a peace settlement. Among other things, the document reportedly included US readiness to recognise Russia's control over Ukrainian Crimea and ease sanctions against Moscow.
- On 24 April, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the United States had proposed its strategy for Ukrainian territories during talks in London, but added that "another paper appeared after the US proposal".
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