Russia: if Ukraine joins NATO, it will be a “guaranteed escalation” to a third world war

Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will trigger World War III, Oleksandr Venediktov, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, warned on Thursday, commenting on Kyiv’s recent request following Russia’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine.

“This is more of a propaganda step. Kyiv is well aware that this step will mean a guaranteed escalation to World War III,” the Russian politician said in an interview with the Russian TASS news agency.

According to Venediktov, the goal was to “make noise in the information space and once again attract attention.”

“Although, considering how alienated from reality are many representatives of the Kyiv regime, I would not be surprised if some of them really counted on their country’s entry into NATO,” he added.

Membership Application

On September 30 last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded an accelerated entry into NATO after Russia formalize the accession of four regions of Ukraine.

Zelensky signed an application to join the alliance together with the Speaker of the Supreme Council Ruslan Stefanyshyn and Prime Minister Denys Shmygal following an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv.

The Ukrainian president then claimed that Ukraine and NATO they are already de facto allies and that the Kyiv army meets the relevant requirements, which is why it requested an urgent admission.

However, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that accession Ukraine The military alliance requires the consensus of the member countries, and for the moment the military alliance seeks to provide immediate support in order to protect itself from a Russian invasion.

risks of world war 3

President of Belarus and ally RussiaAlexander Lukashenko on Thursday accused the West of creating “risks” of a third world war by interfering in the VI summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

“After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the so-called collective West, intoxicated by its victory, lost control, did not fulfill its functions as a global regulator and guarantor of stability. And the whole world is paying for it,” the president said. whose country participates in CICA as an observer.

He stressed that the practice of organizing coups and punishing countries that resist them with sanctions is in no way consistent with international law.

“Our answer must be clear: this is unacceptable and fraught with unleashing a third world war in which there will be no winners,” the Belarusian leader warned.

“Nuclear deterrence”

On Wednesday, NATO held a ministerial meeting to review its nuclear readiness level following Russia’s threats to eventually use atomic weapons to defend its territory.

“We do not see any change in the position Russiabut we remain vigilant,” said Jens Stoltenberg, secretary of the military alliance.

NATO Next week, he will conduct his annual nuclear deterrence exercise called Steadfast Noon, an operation that Stoltenberg called “a drill.”

Although yesterday at headquarters NATO in Brussels, where they promised to send those air defense systems to Ukraine.

“The systems will be delivered as quickly as we can physically deliver them to us,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said after the meeting.

These promises of war material take place after Ukraine In recent days, an avalanche of rockets, rockets and drones, presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin as retaliation for the explosive shelling of a bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, with Russky territory, has hit.

(According to EFE and AFP)

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