Ukraine should join NATO for Europe and Russia, says former US national security adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. An interview with a politician who will celebrate his 100th birthday in 10 days, published by The Economist.

“Now we have armed Ukraine to such a state that it will become the best armed country with the least experienced leadership in strategy in Europe.. If the war ends the way it is likely to end, when Russia loses a lot of its achievements but retains Sevastopol, we may have an unhappy Russia, but also an unhappy Ukraine,” the politician believes..

Therefore, in his opinion, for the security of Europe it is better to have Ukraine in NATO, where it will not be able to make national decisions on territorial claims..

“If I spoke with Putin, I would tell him that he, too, is safer with Ukraine in NATO,” Kissinger emphasized..

He also called Putin's invasion of Ukraine a " The very decision to leave open the question of Ukraine's membership in NATO, in his opinion, became a destabilizing factor, because Ukraine received only promises of protection without an implementation plan, which made it vulnerable to Putin.

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