NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he went to bed on the eve of February 24, 2022, clearly aware of Russia’s intentions for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
I went to bed. But it was a very short night, because I knew that at some point, within a few hours, someone would wake me up – and that’s exactly what happened … At about four o’clock, my chief of staff called me on the phone and briefly said that they started, that is, the invasion began. This was not a surprise, because we knew (that Russia would invade – ed.), – said the head of the North Atlantic Alliance in an interview with AFP.
According to Stoltenberg, then many in the world “until the last hoped that Moscow would not risk launching a full-scale offensive”
One can be shocked by the cruelty of war. But one should not be surprised, because this was indeed what was expected months before the invasion,” he explained.
Recall that in February, at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, Stoltenberg said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, instead of being ready for peace in Ukraine, is taking new offensive actions.
Source: Racurs
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