From:
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Kyiv’s ambassador to Germany calls on the transatlantic security alliance
to grant Ukraine long-sought membership.
16 Apr 2021
A Ukrainian diplomat has reportedly warned Kyiv may be forced to acquire nuclear weapons to safeguard the country’s security if NATO does not
accede to its membership demand amid spiralling tensions with neighbouring Russia.
Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, suggested to national
public radio network Deutschlandfunk on Thursday that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration was weighing up all possible options as fears
mount over a possible escalation of hostilities in the country’s conflict-stricken east.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/16/ukraine-may-seek-nuclear-weapons-if-left-out-of-nato-diplomat
“Either we are part of an alliance like NATO and also make our
contribution to strengthen this Europe, or we have only one option; to
rearm ourselves,” Germany’s DPA news agency quoted Melnyk as saying. “How else could we guarantee our defence?”
His comments came after intensified fighting in recent weeks in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where government forces have battled Russian-backed separatists since the rebels seized a swath of territory
there in April 2014.
Meanwhile, Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops as well as tanks
and artillery near the shared border in the region. Moscow has also
mobilised troops in the annexed Black Sea region of Crimea, which it
annexed from Ukraine in March 2014.
Kyiv’s NATO push
Ukraine is currently an ally of NATO, but not a member. It has sought to
launch accession talks for years but has consistently been turned down.
The issue has acquired renewed urgency of late as a result of the
stand-off with Moscow.
Earlier this month, Kyiv called for its entry into the alliance to be fast-tracked, saying it was the only way to end the conflict in the Donbas region, of which Donetsk and Luhansk are a part.
Moscow opposes Kyiv’s ascension bid and has accused NATO and leading
member the United States of turning Ukraine into a “powder keg” with increasing arms supplies to the country.
NATO, meanwhile, has told Ukraine to roll out domestic reforms and develop
its defence capabilities in order to be considered for membership.
While a ceasefire halted full-scale warfare in Donbas in 2015, sporadic
clashes never ceased
Zelensky said on Friday that he had again raised the issue of Ukraine’s
NATO membership bid while attending talks with French President Emmanuel
Macron in Paris. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also joined the
discussions in the French capital via video link.
The Ukrainian president told reporters following the meeting that he felt supported by France and Germany, both of which are NATO members, with
regards to his country’s action plan for joining the alliance.
He also said he was ready to hold four-way talks that included Russian President Vladimir Putin to calm relations with its neighbour, adding that
he thought a separate meeting between US President Joe Biden and Putin
proposed by Washington could help solve some issues.
### - well perhaps NOW we can see/get a hint as to wtf's going on there
and why?
quote from above:
"Moscow opposes Kyiv’s ascension bid and has accused NATO and leading
member the United States of turning Ukraine into a “powder keg” with increasing arms supplies to the country.
NATO, meanwhile, has told Ukraine to roll out domestic reforms and develop
its defence capabilities in order to be considered for membership."
***
and of course russia wouldn't exactly be very happy with 'that'
eventuality huh!
that, and the apparent arming of ukraine behind the scenes with offensive
after everyone involved said they wouldn't be doing that and could only
send them defensive weapons?
from russia's pov, one way to, of course, obviate the problem altogether, being for russia to keep their former promise/threat of taking over
ukraine completely rather than having nato coming (or operating) 'through' ukraine, in which case nato would then have no other option but to either attack russia directly AS nato, or keep out of it altogether...
i mean, it's one thing to get ukraine to do it for them acting as a
nato-proxy, and another thing altogether of nato going at russia head-on
in what then becomes a fully annexed ukraine?
in which case a clock is now ticking! one in which russia is waiting to
see if they NEED to annex ukraine as a whole or not!
what keeps ringing in my ears being obama's words after crimea was annexed
of: "it's not a done deal! it's not a done deal!" implying that crimea
would indeed be taken back at some point?
well, it LOOKS LIKE that 'time' is maybe gonna be now!
damn!
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