NATO Military Assistance to Ukraine Could Trigger Nuclear War!
- ‘Military assistance to Ukraine could trigger nuclear war’!
by http://www.presstv.com/
Former Polish President Lech Walesa has warned against European military assistance to Ukraine, saying that such a measure could lead to a nuclear conflict between Russia and the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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“It could lead to a nuclear war,” the Nobel Peace Prize laureate told reporters in Poland’s southern town of Krynica-Zdroj on Tuesday when asked whether the EU should send weapons to Ukraine to help Kiev fight pro-Russia forces.
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“The EU is well aware that Russia has nuclear weapons. NATO has them, too. Must we then destroy each other?” Walesa said. “This is why the EU… isn’t getting involved too much!” he added.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday that NATO members will meet this week in Wales to approve the creation of a high-readiness force and the stockpiling of military equipment and supplies in Eastern Europe to deal with Russia.
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On Tuesday, Mikhail Popov, the deputy secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, said Moscow will adjust its military doctrine in response to NATO’s plans to boost its presence in eastern Europe.
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He also accused the Western military alliance of ratcheting up tensions by boosting its military presence near Russia’s borders. Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Moscow forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence the pro-Russians there in mid-April.
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Violence intensified in May after the two flashpoint regions of Donetsk and Luhansk held local referendums, in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine. Western powers and the Kiev government accuse Moscow of having a hand in the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Russia denies the accusation.
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