““It will be the most terrible thing for the Russians.” Accepting Ukraine into NATO will not only end the war, but also fulfill a number of other tasks — Oleschuk September 24, 2:12 p.m. Share: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Alliance summit in Washington, 2024 (Photo: nato.int) Author : Oleg Biletskyi Ukraine’s invitation to NATO is part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s victory plan, said the head of the OP Andriy Yermak. What will the accession of Ukraine give”, — write on: ua.news
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with President Volodymyr Zelensky during the Alliance summit in Washington, 2024 (Photo: nato.int)
Ukraine’s invitation to NATO is part of President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s victory plan, said OP head Andriy Yermak. What will Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Alliance bring and whether the West is still afraid of Russia’s threats regarding this decision, political scientist Petro Oleschuk told Radio NV.
It [рішення] is key, important. Again, the Russians know how to manipulate Western public opinion. How, for example, do they present the issue of NATO for the West? “Look, we are so scared that NATO is approaching our borders, and we cannot assume that Ukraine is a member of NATO.”
Finland and Estonia are members of NATO. Together, they block Russia’s access to the Baltic Sea. The border with NATO has grown significantly. St. Petersburg is literally within reach of NATO artillery. What are you telling us about? What is the fear of NATO?
This is manipulation, the meaning of which is as follows. It’s just that the Russians understand very well that Ukraine’s entry into NATO means closing the idea of annexation of Ukraine. Closing the idea of annexing Ukraine means closing the Russian imperial project. Because the dumbest Russian understands that there is no Russian empire without Ukraine. And then the most terrible thing happens: the Russians accept the idea that they will never be an empire, which means they will have to work and do something with their own state. That is, not just to solve all problems through expansion, annexation, war, mass killings, genocide, but perhaps even to do something.
In principle, Russia’s position on NATO is completely transparent and clear. The position of the West, which at one time said: look, we recognize our part, for example, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, we will protect them, but not Ukraine, is not clear here. Ukraine will be a gray area between us and Russia.
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And they still tell absolutely ridiculous jokes about why Ukraine is not in NATO. Such as, [колишня заступниця державного секретаря США] Victoria Nuland, who said that in 2008, Ukraine was not accepted into NATO because of the conflict between Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, because Yushchenko was “for”, and Tymoshenko – “against”.
What has prevented you from solving the issue of Ukraine’s membership in NATO during this time? Moreover, during this time, support for Ukraine’s membership in NATO has increased many times, now the absolute majority of Ukrainian citizens want this membership. And you can no longer use this manipulative argument that Ukrainian society is somehow divided or not ready. No.
So, you just want to leave some possibilities for agreements with Russia, you want to conduct some negotiations in this regard. And, in fact, once again, you also succumb to this primitive Russian manipulation.
Although one decision on Ukraine’s membership in NATO, first of all, would stop this war. Second, it would stop the war forever. And, thirdly, it would make further wars in Europe not impossible, but significantly unlikely.
Because the only reason why the Russians carried out their aggression against Ukraine is that Ukraine was not a member of NATO at the time of this aggression. And the fact that Ukraine was not accepted into NATO, but everyone around it was accepted, this was a challenge for Russia. Thus she was told: look, there is a beautiful area for war, please go, fight.