It’s officially admitted that NATO initiated this war, particularly the US.
Here is the coldest cold warrior of them all and the architect of the post-war policy of Soviet containment, George Kennan, on NATO expansion. pic.twitter.com/MwmAT7tjyY
— Peter Schmidt (The 92ers) (@The92ers) September 11, 2023
During a speech at the E.U. Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg clearly and repeatedly acknowledged that Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine because of fears of NATO expansionism.
His comments, initially flagged by journalist Thomas Fazi, read as follows:
“The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that.
The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our military infrastructure in all Allies that have joined NATO since 1997, meaning half of NATO, all the Central and Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO from that part of our Alliance, introducing some kind of B, or second class membership. We rejected that.
So he went to war to prevent NATO, more NATO, close to his borders.”
The war's not going well according to today's daily telegraph. pic.twitter.com/zTWSWX2Lxy
— Man in a shed (@herbthefox1) September 11, 2023
NATO expansion was definitely a factor in increasing tensions but I don’t think it’s explicitly why they invaded; Ukraine severely broke the July 2020 ceasefire with the Donbass 9 days before the SMO started and I think Russia saw that as the last straw and decided to take the… pic.twitter.com/yy0PjJNotC
— Clegiaten (@Clegiaten) September 11, 2023
He said it on camera like 4/5 months ago and everyone just glossed over it. His statements paired with Hollande & Merkels statements; about using the peace treaty to prepare for war, would suggest this war was provoked by NATO. pic.twitter.com/rmYWiOtDd0
— Franklin (@I_eat_pears) September 11, 2023
This has to stop.
Do you agree? pic.twitter.com/xWtzQpZ8NO
— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) September 10, 2023
EXPLOSIVE: Did he just tell him f..ck you Jake? And CNN cut transmission? EXPLOSIVE. Manipulated video though. Real interview was with Blinken. WATCHpic.twitter.com/nO8HWkQWSi
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) September 10, 2023