Article 5 of the NATO Treaty on Collective Defense may prove ineffective in practice.
Russia can capture the Baltic states in a few days / photo wikimedia.org
Russia can capture the Baltic states in just 7 days. It will take 10 days for NATO to react to a potential aggression.
This was stated by the Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky in an interview The Economist.
“The biggest unknown factor in the war is Europe. If Ukraine’s neighbors don’t find a way to further increase defense production to help Ukraine, they too will eventually find themselves under Russia’s crosshairs,” Skibitskyi said.
The representative of the GUR noted that Article 5 on NATO’s collective defense may turn out to be of little significance in practice.
“The Russians will seize the Baltic countries in seven days. NATO’s reaction time is ten days,” Skibitsky said.
The general emphasized that the bravery and self-sacrifice of Ukraine gave Europe a long-term head start, eliminating the immediate threat from the Russian Federation. Skibitskyi added that Ukraine will continue the struggle, because there is no other choice. However, the result depends not only on Ukrainians.
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Earlier, Bild journalists, referring to documents from the Bundeswehr, stated that NATO was preparing for war with Russia. According to the scenario published by the publication, the Russian Federation will begin preparations for an attack on the alliance in 2024. And hostilities will “inevitably” begin in 2025.
Later, the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that NATO is ready for a direct confrontation with Russia, if it happens.
According to Sikorsky, NATO currently has enough resources to fight Russia for years. After all, according to him, the North Atlantic Alliance is 20 times richer than Russia.
The Financial Times believes that the Baltic States are a weak spot for NATO and that is where Putin can test the resolve of the North Atlantic Alliance.
