【New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, September 21, 2022】NATO Secretary GeneralJens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday (21 September) that despite the Russian presidentPut inThe mobilization of 300,000 reserve soldiers was ordered, but he would not win the war. Stoltenberg called Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons “dangerous and reckless rhetoric”.
Stoltenberg told Reuters in an interview:Put inThe speech on the partial mobilization of the Russian people is the first time that Russia has mobilized since the Second World War: it wants to intensify the war and pay more lives. He said the move showed that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 was a “evaluation mistake“。
Putin gave a nationally televised speech on Wednesday, in addition to drawing 300,000 reserve troops, four Russian-occupied regions will hold a “referendum” on joining Russia and hinted that he is ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.
“If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will use all available means to protect our people, it is not a bluff,” Putin said, adding that Russia has “many weapons to contend with.”
Stoltenberg said,BornHe will remain calm and “will not do the kind of reckless and dangerous nuclear rhetoric that President Putin did.” Stoltenberg added: “President Putin’s speech shows that the war did not go according to President Putin’s plan. He made a big miscalculation.”
“The recruitment of more troops will increase the conflict. It will mean more suffering, more loss of life: Ukrainian lives, but also Russian lives.”
Putin’s speech comes as casualties and losses increase for Russian troops, who have been driven out of the north-east by this month’s Ukrainian counter-offensive and blocked in the south.
BornSecretary General on “the only way to end the war”
Stoltenberg said that despite the poorly equipped Russian military and lack of proper command and control, it is difficult to see an end to the conflict at any time until Russia accepts Ukraine as a sovereign and independent state.
“The only way to end this war is to show that President Putin will not win on the battlefield. When he realizes it, he will have to sit down and negotiate a reasonable deal with Ukraine,” he said.
Stoltenberg says NATO members have provided Ukraine with unprecedented support; as NATO is “long-term” prepared to deal with Putin, the alliance is now in close dialogue with the defense industry to stockpile weapons and ammunition.
NATO Secretary General:PCCnot a NATO rival
Stoltenberg said that ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, China-Russia cooperation andPCCThe rhetoric against NATO expansion shows why Western defense alliances should view Beijing as a security challenge. But it does not see China as a NATO “adversary”.
“In short, this adds to the importance of NATO allies standing together and realizing that China is the security challenge we face today and in the future,” Stoltenberg said.
He pointed to China’s “coercive behavior” in the South China Sea and its neighbors and “how it violates basic human rights.”
(Full report by reporter Chen Beichen / editor in charge: Lin Qing)
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