To enter the war with Russia (no): Why NATO again denies the possibility of introducing troops into Ukraine

On Wednesday, May 8, during his visit to Italy, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg once again stressed that the North Atlantic Alliance plans to deploy its troops in Ukraine. Meanwhile, local media reported that at the Summer Summit in Washington the corresponding item will be documented in the final declaration. As far as possible, and how such a step can affect the political positions of Kiev, Brussels and Moscow, the focus was understood.

Once again, the NATO troops to Ukraine, the Alliance, stated during his visit to Italy in an interview with Ansa. "NATO does not intend to deploy troops in Ukraine. When I visited Ukraine last week, the Ukrainians did not ask for NATO troops, they asked for more support," the Jens Stoltenberg emphasized.

He also added that Putin still believes in a military victory in Ukraine, and therefore the only way to persuade him to sit at the negotiation table is "to prove on the battlefield that he will not win, and the only way to do it is to provide military support to Ukraine. " Meanwhile, the Italian edition of Corriere Della Sera, reminding that the Ramstein Support Group, which consists of more than 50 countries, is headed by US Secret NATO in Brussels.

"The corresponding step has a very practical reason: 99% of the materials that are delivered to Kiev come from 32 alliance partners. But there is a political explanation: the actions of the Western Bloc will be more unanimous both in the eyes of domestic public opinion and in the eyes of Vladimir Putin", " - summarizes Corriere Della Sera.

In addition, referring to its sources in the Alliance, the publication announces that one of the key decisions in the NATO Declaration, which will be approved at the Alliance Summit in Washington from July 9 to 11 war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, experts with whom focus spoke are convinced that such a step can lead to negative consequences for both Ukraine and the Alliance itself.

"The question of the presence of NATO member troops has already been released into the public space and drive it back in any points in declarations or that it will be quite problematic,"-said Alexander Sushko, a scientific director of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Institute with focus.

Noting that as of today, most Alliance countries do not consider the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine because they are not ready for such a step, the expert adds: "More be used by their political opponents in the next elections. " "Obviously, European voters will not be delighted that their country will come into war with Russia.

In my opinion, there is a key root of why European and American politicians so often repeat the phrase that Macron's idea is For them, such rhetoric will continue to sound, but whether it will be fixed in NATO documents, it is difficult to say, because there are differences on this issue and it is also necessary for the same Macron, as the head of the Alliance Member Country, agreed. To subscribe to this wording, " - adds Alexander Sushko.

The expert suggests that if the Alliance Summit in Washington on the issue of non -departing troops to Ukraine and the appropriate consensus solution will be developed, reflected in the final declaration, "it is most likely to be sufficiently blurred the wording.

" "For example, they will use phrases like" at the moment such a question is not considered "or something in this spirit, because to close this opportunity for themselves completely and finally does not have any strategic meaning and in NATO understand it," - said Alexander Sushko. .

Emphasizing that in general, it is unrealistic to avoid escalation, the expert summarized: "Obviously, if it really appears in the NATO Declaration, the Alliance will significantly weaken in Moscow's eyes and thus encourage the Russian Federation to continue the aggressive war. " "Currently, there are some contradictions within the Alliance about the possibility of a military mission in Ukraine.

And if in the final declaration of the Washington NATO summit will be recorded in the inability to send military contingents to our country, it will be considered a significant loss of Ukraine. It is worse than Ukraine's refusal to provide an alliance, as it will see that Ukraine is left alone in the war with the Russian Federation, "political scientist Oleg Posternak emphasizes in a conversation with focus.

Starting from this, the expert suggests that if the military situation changes and if, for example, Russia will apply tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and Putin will carry out large -scale mobilization, then Ukraine will be on the verge of existential risk, as it was in February –Pable 2022. "Therefore, this issue is actually about the weakness of the North Atlantic Alliance.

If the Alliance would not record this decision in its declaration, thereby leaving the space for maneuver, including the military, on the contrary testify to NATO power and its transformation into an effective military unit," - Oleg Posternak emphasizes.

In his opinion, the point of the impossibility of departure NATO troops to Ukraine is "it is not a strategy for the sake of soaring the eyes of Russia, because in NATO countries there are already behind all fears through the regular nuclear and other hysterics of the Russian Federation. " "So, in my opinion, NATO countries want to reassure their citizens first and foremost in the sense that they will not be involved in Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the third world war will not be.

which can understand this signal as a certain red line for the Alliance, for which the block will not cross in any case, " - states Oleg Posternak.

Noting that NATO is unlikely to be guided by the logic of fear of Russia, the political scientist summed up: "Despite all, let's just say, the disadvantage of fixing the impossibility of sending NATO troops to Ukraine, both for Kiev and Brussels, this decision can be possible as a result To present as a need to provide stable and constant military assistance to Ukraine that the population of NATO will be perceived quite positively.

" In the above context, it should be noted that in a recent interview with the Canadian edition of CBC News Prime Minister Denis Shmigal noted that NATO troops would help Ukraine to push Russian occupation troops. Thus, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers commented on the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron about the hypothetical introduction of troops into Ukraine if the Russians can break through the front.

According to the head of the government, "such reinforcement would certainly help to push the Russians. " "If the time comes, we will be very grateful and we will be very pleased," the Prime Minister about the hypothetical departure of the North Atlantic Alliance to Ukraine. At the same time, Mr. Shmigal stressed that so far Kiev asks its partners and allies only for providing the necessary military equipment to "protect against Russian aggression.

" Meanwhile, the Italian La Repubblica writes that NATO has determined the "Red Line", in the event of the crossing of which the Alliance will still be involved in confrontation. "100,000 Nativs are ready to intervene in the war, if Russian dictator Vladimir Putin attracts other countries to his side.

NATO in a very confidential way and without official communications has established at least two such" red lines ", which may have direct intervention in conflict in Ukraine," - It is in the material. Emphasizing that there are now no operational plans that provide for the departure of people to the Ukrainian territory, the publication notes that "there are only evaluations of possible emergency plans and a real extreme means - in case the war is involved in the war.

" Meanwhile, Italy's Viceremer Matteo Salvini criticized the existence of Mario Montty, who has recently supported the French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to consider the possibility of introducing troops into Ukraine. "These people should cure the psyche: those who think and say so are something normal, and this applies to both Macron and Monti are dangerous," Salvini said.