September 21, 2023, 5:05 p.m
In December 2021, Putin called for a buffer zone, particularly in the Baltics, and a guarantee that the alliance would not expand further
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The war in Ukraine provides another background to the invasion: the Born tried to deal with it Putin before the conflict, but without success. The Russian president wanted Western allies to withdraw from the eastern part of the Atlantic alliance and commit to further “expansion.” This was announced by the Secretary General of NATO. Jens Stoltenberg, spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. “In December 2021, a few months before the invasion, Putin presented so-called security treaties that he wanted the United States and NATO to sign. He demanded one Buffer zoneespecially in Baltic regionso that most of the Baltics could not be protected by NATO forces.
According to Stoltenberg, the Kremlin asked number one “so to speak
Ultimatum not to invade Ukrainethat NATO would guarantee not to expand any further.”
What Putin demanded “It was about pushing forward further expansion not with Ukraine, but also with Finland and Sweden,” explained Stoltenberg. “We invited Russia to dialogue and said we cannot accept these ultimatums. But we have made diplomatic efforts to see if we can sit down at the table and find a diplomatic solution to the crisis that was already worsening in the fall of 2021″.
What happened next The stated goal of the invasion of Ukraine “was to stop the further expansion of NATO and create a smaller alliance with buffer zones and the dismantling of NATO infrastructure from all countries that have joined since 1997,” said the NATO chief further. “Putin has achieved exactly the opposite. On the day of the invasion, we activated our defense plans and deployed more forces to the eastern part of the Alliance. Now there are more NATO forces, infrastructure, aircraft and troops in the eastern part of the alliance, yes, as many as there have ever been.”
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Media: “Ukraine must prepare for a long war” According to The Economist, Ukraine and its allies should “prepare for a long war.” The hope that the counteroffensive could “lead to a rapid reconquest of the territories occupied by Russia” thanks to modern weapons supplies from the West was disappointed despite Ukrainian efforts. According to the English newspaper, Moscow “shows no intention of wanting to negotiate, and Putin is counting on Ukraine’s allies to tire and Donald Trump to win the United States presidential election again. Kiev and its supporters must therefore be prepared for a war for a long time and this requires a rethinking of military strategy and the economy.”
The role of the European Union “Equally important is what the European Union can offer: not just money, but also the prospect of membership,” the Economist further emphasized. “For this to happen, a change of mentality is required in Europe, which must strengthen the defense industry and reform the EU decision-making process so that it can manage more members.”
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