The NATO secretary general fears the war in Ukraine could become a wider conflict

KIEV – General secretary BORN Jens Stoltenberg has expressed concern that the fighting will continue Ukraine it could get out of control and become a war between Russia and NATO.

“If things go badly, they can go very badly,” Stoltenberg said in a commentary on Norwegian broadcaster NRK on Friday (9/12/2022).

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“This is a terrible war in Ukraine. It is also a war that could become a full-blown war that escalates into a full-fledged war between NATO and Russia. We are working on it every day to avoid that,” Stoltenberg continued.

Stoltenberg also said in the interview that there was no doubt that a full-blown war was possible. He added that it is important to avoid conflicts involving multiple countries in Europe and becoming full-fledged wars in Europe.

The Kremlin has repeatedly accused NATO allies of effectively becoming parties to the conflict by supplying Ukraine with weapons, training its troops and feeding military intelligence to attack Russian troops.

In comments reflecting rising tensions between Russia and the West, President Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow think about using what he described as the US concept of a pre-emptive strike.

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“Speaking of disarmament attacks, it might be worth thinking about adopting the ideas developed by our US counterparts, their ideas to ensure their security,” he said.

Long before the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin expressed concern about US efforts to develop a so-called rapid global strike capability that involves striking an enemy’s strategic targets with precision-guided conventional weapons anywhere in the world within a ‘Now.

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