NATO DECLARES RUSSIA A DIRECT THREAT!
NATO Officially Declares Russia A 'Significant And Direct Threat' To Members' Peace And Security.
The Western military alliance made the declaration in a statement as its leaders met in Madrid on June 29 to confront what NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called the biggest security crisis since World War II. NATO's declaration underscores how dramatically Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unsettled Europe’s post-Cold War security order. The alliance also promised to “step up political and practical support” to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion. This is where we begin the full briefings of Undaunted tonight, I am ONYEE OKPALA, And Star Smart is here as well,
Stoltenberg said Ukraine is fighting for its independence but also for Western values and security. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a video address to the summit, chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to defeat Moscow's forces. Zelenskiy told NATO leaders that Ukraine needs more advanced heavy weapons and additional financial support to stave off Russia's invasion, warning that Moscow's ambitions won't stop with his country. "We need to break the Russian artillery advantage.... We need much more modern systems, modern artillery," Zelensky told a NATO summit in Madrid via video link on June 29, adding that financial support was "no less important than aid with weapons." "This is not a war being waged by Russia against only Ukraine. This is a war for the right to dictate conditions in Europe -- for what the future world order will be like," Zelenskiy said.
NATO declared Russia its enemy long before summit. "Judging by the statements by Western politicians, Russia was declared an enemy simply because it doesn’t want to agree with the neo-liberal world order the United States, which has subordinated the entire Western world, is seeking to impose on all the rest under the slogan of a rule-based order," the foreign minister noted. Russia was declared NATO’s enemy long before the NATO summit , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday. "As for the plans being prepared for the NATO summit to declare us a threat, to declare China a systemic challenge, Russia was declared an enemy long before the NATO summit was convened," the top diplomat said after a meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian littoral states. "Judging by the statements by Western politicians, Russia was declared an enemy simply because it doesn’t want to agree with the neo-liberal world order the United States, which has subordinated the entire Western world, is seeking to impose on all the rest under the slogan of a rule-based order," he said.
"It [declaring Russia as a threat] is no surprise for us and it will bring about nothing new to the practical policy of the United States and its satellites," he added. NATO's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Judging by the statements by Western politicians, Russia was declared an enemy simply because it doesn’t want to agree with the neo-liberal world order the United States, which has subordinated the entire Western world, is seeking to impose on all the rest under the slogan of a rule-based order," the foreign minister noted
ASHGABAT, June 28. /TASS/. Russia was declared NATO’s enemy long before the NATO summit [on June 28-30], Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday. "As for the plans being prepared for the NATO summit to declare us a threat, to declare China a systemic challenge, Russia was declared an enemy long before the NATO summit was convened," the top diplomat said after a meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian littoral states. "Judging by the statements by Western politicians, Russia was declared an enemy simply because it doesn’t want to agree with the neo-liberal world order the United States, which has subordinated the entire Western world, is seeking to impose on all the rest under the slogan of a rule-based order," he said. "It [declaring Russia as a threat] is no surprise for us and it will bring about nothing new to the practical policy of the United States and its satellites," he added.
Let's talk about Africa and Russian-Ukrainian War: Beyond the Russo-NATO Struggle for Global Hegemony. The Russian-Ukrainian war is interesting from various perspectives. Let's ask ourselves some questions. First is it a war? If it is, which type of war? Is it a lawful war? Is it not a war of attrition? Western countries call it a Russian invasion while the Russians say it is a ‘Special Military Intervention.’ The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) calls it an aggression. Whether it is an invasion, a special military intervention, or aggression, they all have the same devastating effects. Second, the war raises the nexus between technocratic advice and decisions of policy makers.
For instance, US foreign policy technocrats have been warning, and on a serious note, that the United States should not encourage the membership expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO) to Eastern Europe, warning that the implications could be more deleterious. The political decision makers listened to the advice but never accepted it.
This scenario is particularly interesting from the perspective of the Boko Haramists and the Government of Nigeria. Academic technocrats have been proffering what the constructive approach to the containment of the insurrection should be, but their advice appears to have been falling on deaf ears. The outcome has been recidivism of terrorism.
Gab Ellison, examines the issue and has a report.
