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Zelensky: Ukrainian loss could force US to choose between ‘collapse of NATO’ or war
The Hill via Yahoo ^ | June 15th, 2023 | Julia Shapero

Posted on 06/15/2023 6:51:28 PM PDT by Mariner

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that a loss to Russia could ultimately force the U.S. to choose between the “collapse of NATO” or going to war.

“If Ukraine would lose, if Russia would occupy Ukraine, Russia will continue going towards Baltic countries, Poland, etcetera,” Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News. “And they will start war with one of the NATO countries, and at this moment, the U.S. would have to choose the collapse of NATO or go to war.”

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all members of NATO, as is Poland. An attack on any member of the alliance is “considered an attack against them all” under the treaty organization’s principle of collective defense.

Zelensky brought up the possibility of NATO involvement in response to the suggestion from some Republican politicians that the U.S. needs to limit its spending on the war in Ukraine.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — a 2024 Republican presidential candidate — previously described the war as a “territorial dispute,” while arguing that the U.S. should not become “further entangled” in the conflict. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also warned last fall that a Republican majority in the House would not write a “blank check” to Ukraine for aid.

“Is any candidate or senator who thinks it costs too much for the United States to support Ukraine, is he ready to go to war, to fight, to send his kids,” Zelensky said Thursday, adding, “Because anyway, they will have to do this if NATO gets involved.”

“It’s not Ukraine against Russia,” he said. “Russia is fighting against the civilized world.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: bushwar; nato; russia; ukraine; zelensky
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To: Bulwyf

No problem with being for Alberta first. Wishing you the best.


261 posted on 06/22/2023 12:01:13 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Bulwyf

Actually by you calling it “revelations” it does seem your knowledge of the bible is as poor as your knowledge of history.

Or is it deliberate as you repeat the Kremlin line?


262 posted on 06/22/2023 2:52:29 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Bulwyf

And Russia beats Ukraine in top notch corruption.

While Ukraine has been reducing its corruption, Russia , under Putin, went the opposite way


263 posted on 06/22/2023 2:53:07 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: dforest

Yep


264 posted on 12/29/2023 3:03:11 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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