Posted on 05/05/2024 7:24:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A senior Ukrainian intelligence official warned about the threat Moscow poses on other nations in Europe, saying "the Russians will take the Baltics in seven days" if allies don't stand up to Russia now.
The comment was made by Major-General Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence directorate (GUR), during an interview with The Economist published on Thursday.
The alarm has been sounded before about the potential of Russian President Vladimir Putin looking to start conflicts in the Baltic states. Earlier this year, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote that the Russian leader appeared to be making an effort to weaken the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with rhetoric concerning the Baltics—Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia—that was intended "to set information conditions" for "future escalations." All three of the Baltic countries are members of NATO and the European Union (EU).
Article Five of NATO's founding document states that "an armed attack against one or more" of its member nations "shall be considered an attack against them all."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Right...back when Russia first invaded the "pundits" said three days to Kiev; then a week to Kiev; then next month to Kiev; then; then; then;...two years and counting.
The Soviets (let’s call them what they are) couldn’t find their nether regions with a 10-man search party.
Capture...then what? Occupy while being picked off by the resistance? How would that benefit Russia?
Know the enemy.
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