2023-07-13 18:59:22
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine’s possible membership in NATO would “make the world as a whole more vulnerable and cause further tensions on the international stage.”
According to Sputnik and Archyde.com news agencies on the 13th local time, President Putin said in an interview with the state-run Rossiya 24 broadcast that day, “One of the reasons for the special military operation in Ukraine is the threat that Ukraine may join NATO.”
He also reiterated that “this poses a threat to Russian security and will not help Ukrainian security.”
“Ukraine has the right to guarantee security and Russia does not oppose it,” he said, “but this should not be done at the expense of Russia’s security.”
As for the West’s decision to provide an additional military aid package to Ukraine, he repeatedly stressed that the impact on the war situation would be limited.
“The supply of additional weapons will not change anything, it will only make the situation worse,” he said, adding that “the situation in Ukraine will only get worse and will continue to fuel the conflict.”
At the NATO Summit held in Vilnius, Lithuania on the 11th and 12th, the 31 member countries of NATO agreed to exempt Ukraine from the ‘membership qualification action plan’ that applicants for membership had to go through, providing a ‘fast track’ for joining. agreed to.
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