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Recent comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin are only after a disastrous campaign in Ukraine, but comments from world leaders with nuclear weapons should be taken seriously, military experts said. The house told Fox News Digital.
“When Putin says something like this, I think what he really does is reinforce certain points. [Russia’s] It doesn’t really respond to legitimate external threats. ”
Finland and Sweden explained that after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it reversed its historically neutral position and changed Europe’s “security situation.” Turkey said it would not support the bids of either country to join the alliance. This would effectively prevent applicants from entering, as they would require full support from native members.
But Turkey said on Tuesday that it would support the bid after reaching an “agreement” that “Finland and Sweden would pave the way for NATO,” Jens Stortemberg confirmed.
Putin said on Wednesday that Sweden and Finland could “advance” to join NATO, but Russia warned that if either country hosted the alliance’s troops or infrastructure, Russia would “respond in kind.” ..
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“On the surface, it’s a completely ridiculous statement, so I’m not sure if I read it strategically,” Carafano said. “I don’t think you can really read anything strategic about it.”
Carafano explained that establishing such an infrastructure would take “months or years.” Already working with NATO allies Even if you are not currently a member.
“Finland and Sweden have already cooperated and integrated with the U.S. military, so any NATO member can dictate what deployment infrastructure can be deployed on NATO territory by outsiders like Russia. The idea is that you can only laugh at that face, “says Carafano. He said.
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Carafano suggested that Putin may have ironically intended to comment, but said that “only Putin knows what Putin is trying to do.”
“The man is almost a dictator, and he has nuclear and military weapons, so I would never say,’Oh yeah, he’ll never do that,'” Carafano said. Added. “But looking at this consistent pattern of Russian behavior, they threaten all sorts of things-everything from implying a nuclear exchange to military activity-after all, all Russians are annoying.”
James Anderson, assistant defense minister under President Trump, argued that Putin needed to save his face after joining two neutral nations in the NATO alliance thanks to the invasion of Ukraine.
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“”[The Russian people] See-and he’s definitely afraid they see-his offensive actions in Ukraine have historically driven neutral nations to seek membership. [in NATO]”In a strategic sense, Putin’s invasion reduces the security of Russia as a whole, not only because of the fact that the invasion did not work, but also because of the fact that NATO is ready to grow,” Anderson said. I let you do it. ”
Anderson called Putin’s recent commentary efforts to “reconstruct” the process and its consequences of the war, and the efforts of Sweden and Finland to participate in NATO as “strategicly important.”
“All you need to do is look at the map and see it. [Sweden and Finland] “It will make it easier for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to operate in the Baltic Sea, which will also complicate Moscow’s Arctic strategy to some extent,” Anderson said.
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“There is an east-west division within NATO. There are countries near the border, such as Poland and the Baltic states. I feel the threat of Russian bears more directly,” he added. “Given that they are afraid of what Russia has done in Ukraine and what Putin might do in the future, I think both Helsinki and Stockholm are doing this. They are doing this in NATO Article 5. Want a guarantee-and who can blame them? “