Russia warns of World War III if Ukraine joins NATO

The income of Ukraine on the NATO would cause the Third World warRussian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexandr Venedíktov warned today, commenting on kyiv’s recent request after Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

“It is rather a propaganda step. kyiv fully understands that this step will mean a guaranteed escalation until World War III.” the Russian politician said in an interview with the Russian agency TASS.

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According to Venedíktov, the intention was that, “create noise in the news space and draw attention once again.”

“Although, considering how alienated many representatives of the kyiv regime are from reality, I would not be surprised if one of them really counted on his country joining the NATO”, he added.

However, Venedíktov pointed out, despite statements by the NATO not to be involved in the Ukrainian conflict, “The actions carried out by Western countries show that they are direct participants in the conflict.”

“However, the admission of Ukraine on the NATO would automatically give this participation a new quality, since it would imply the fifth article (on collective defense) and we know what the consequences would be for humanity”, I observe.

The deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council added that NATO members “understand that this step would be suicidal”, Therefore, except for the Baltic countries, no power supported the proposal and only excuses were heard for not admitting Ukraine to the Atlantic Alliance.

On September 30 last, after the Russian annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskysigned an application to access NATO “on an accelerated basis”.

Zelensky pointed out that “de facto” Ukraine is already on the way to becoming a member of the Atlantic Alliance and has demonstrated its “compatibility” with its military standards, which are “real” for kyiv both on the battlefield and in interaction with his allies.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to the request that NATO’s doors “remain open” for Ukraine, but reminded kyiv that there is a process to follow to gain access.

In addition, Blinken avoided answering the question of whether his country would support an urgent procedure for joining the bloc, such as the one Sweden and Finland followed this year.

For its part, the Kremlin stated that it was “carefully” following this request, noting that Ukraine’s aspiration to join NATO was one of the reasons for the so-called Russian “special military operation” against the neighboring country.

Source: Elcomercio

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