Kissinger: Russia’s victory in Ukraine will shake the foundations of NATO.
The former US Secretary of State and one of the high-ranking experts on geopolitical issues said that Russia’s victory in the Ukraine war will shake the foundations of NATO.
Henry Kissinger, the veteran American politician and former foreign minister of this country, has once again presented his analysis of the developments of the war in Ukraine.
In an interview with Fox News, Kissinger said that from Washington’s point of view, if Russia manages to keep the occupied lands in Ukraine, it has shaken the foundations of the NATO alliance.
In response to the Fox News host’s question about the situation of the war in Ukraine, he said: “Russia currently occupies 15 percent of the territory of Ukraine, and the border lines are currently militarily stable.”
The architect of the US-China rapprochement in the Cold War in Davos continued: “We have added advanced American weapons [to this war]. The Russians are undoubtedly building up their ground forces. Therefore, we may see the continuation of two attacks at the same time.”
He added: “If Russia is defeated, there is a risk of escalation of tensions, but from the point of view of the United States, Russia cannot maintain the territories it has occupied without shaking the foundations of NATO.”
Henry Kissinger, who was White House National Security Advisor from 1969 to 1975 and also served as the country’s 56th Secretary of State, stated: “So this is a war we cannot and must not lose.”
From February 24, 2022 (5th of March 1400), after recognizing the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk republics from Ukraine, Russia sent troops to this region and announced the beginning of “special military operations in Ukraine”.
Russia has announced its goal of this action to de-Nazify Ukraine, disarm this country, resolve its security concerns and respond to Luhansk and Donetsk’s request for help, and has said that it has no intention of seizing Ukrainian lands.
However, the Ukrainian government has not recognized the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk and has called Russia’s military presence an “aggression and attack on its territorial integrity”.
