KIEV. June 7. UNN. In an interview with Die Welt, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that
NATO in 2008 decided to accept Ukraine in military-political bloc in the fulfilment of the necessary conditions. The ex-Secretary General noted that Russian troops if desired, could “occupy” the entire territory of Ukraine for several days, informs UNN.
“Russian troops in case authorities could take Ukraine in a few days, despite the fact that Kiev has significantly increased its military capabilities over the past 3-4 years”, — he said during a session of questions and answers with the readers of the journal.
The politician added that “under any circumstances” to avoid an open armed conflict in Europe. “What we under all circumstances must avoid is an open military conflict in Europe,” said Rasmussen. Therefore, according to the former Secretary General, the sanctions against Russia “is the only possibility” to exert pressure on Moscow, which, according to his statement, “respects only the language of force”.
“In 2008, NATO made the decision to accept Ukraine into the Alliance, when she will perform the necessary and clear terms, the former Secretary General. — However, despite significant progress over the last 3-4 years Ukraine has still a long way to go before it can join the Alliance”.
It should be noted, according to the annual ranking of military strength Global Firepower (GFP) in the three strongest armies in the world enter the armed forces of the United States (1st place), Russia (2) China (3). The Ukrainian armed forces was in the 29th position. Some Ukrainian social media users were skeptical of this rating, because, in their opinion, the Ukrainian army was able to stop the advance of “the Russian regular army” in the East of Ukraine. However, RF interference in the conflict can not be called a “classic” war with a full-scale intervention, as the conflict is hybrid in nature: Russia supplies militants of the breakaway unrecognized republics “L/DNR” weapons, military equipment, instructors and “volunteers”, most of which are members of the Federation, and did not recognize his intervention in the conflict to the international community.
Thus, the concerns of the expert Newsweek has every reason for existence, as the Russian army is indeed one of the most powerful and one of the biggest threats to world security. One of the many confirmations of this statement by the Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff U.S. General Joseph Dunford, according to which in the last ten years the Russian Federation has upgraded all components of the armed forces and developed as China, contrology and strategies for leveling of American supremacy.