Stoltenberg about Russia's war against Ukraine/Photo from open sources< p _ngcontent-sc85="" class="news-annotation">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia's advance had stopped again, and Ukraine demonstrated to respond to blows and repel its territory from Russian troops. He also stressed that NATO has two tasks to avoid a collision with Russia.
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He said this at the Working Youth League in Norway on 4 August. He emphasized that the main goal of NATO as a community is to prevent war and keep the peace.
He says that now it is more important than ever, because there is a war going on in Europe – Russia has attacked to Ukraine.
President Putin attacked an innocent country and people with military force to achieve his political goals. What he is doing is challenging the world order, NATO Secretary General said.
According to Stoltenberg, the war was provoked by Putin's demand to control Ukraine and not expand NATO. “He does not respect Ukraine's desire to become part of our community,” he added.
NATO's mission in Russia's war against Ukraine
< p dir="ltr">The Alliance Secretary General said that NATO has two tasks in this war – to support Ukraine and prevent the conflict from escalating into a full-scale war between NATO and Russia.
He emphasized that NATO supports Ukraine's right to self-defense.
“Great courage was shown by the Ukrainian people during the war. Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, some NATO countries have helped Ukraine. At the NATO summit, the countries of the Alliance declared that they would support Ukraine for as long as necessary,” he said.< /p>
Stoltenberg said that the whole world is seeing hostilities, attacks on civilians and destruction that has not been seen since World War II.
But it is also in our own interest that the ways do not succeed in their ambitions in Ukraine… If Russia wins this war, it will have confirmation that violence works. Then other neighboring countries may be next, he believes.
The General Secretary noted that the advance of the Russians has stopped again. And the Ukrainians have shown the ability to strike back and return territories, they are planning a counteroffensive in the south.
” NATO's second task is to prevent the spread of war. We are doing this and by not being a party to the war – we do not enter Ukraine with troops. We also show that an attack on one of the NATO countries will entail the response of the entire Alliance. Presence on the eastern border,” he replied.
< p dir="ltr"> Since the war started, NATO has about 40,000 troops, mostly in the east, he says. They are supported by a large number of aircraft and ships. “As the ancient Romans used to say: 'If you want peace, you need to plan a war,'” he added.
By the way, the media reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could become the next Secretary General of NATO and be replaced by this post by Jens Stoltenberg.
