Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov believes that Russia will not dare to go to war against NATO, therefore he excludes the scenario of its direct confrontation with the Alliance. During an interview with BFMTV, he said that Vladimir Putin understands that under such conditions the Russian Federation will lose, therefore Reznikov is confident that the ongoing war today will be limited to the territory of Ukraine.

" ) out of the question and I'll tell you why. Putin sees how effective NATO weapons are, and they are still in limited quantities, so he will lose on the ground,"

The fact that the war of the Russian Federation against the Alliance is not viable, according to Reznikov, is understood not only by Putin, but also by his generals. And he presents the war against Ukraine as a war against the West because he cannot win.

At the same time, Reznikov notes that there is still a threat to the North Atlantic Alliance, and this is even enshrined in the results of the Madrid summit in June 2022..

" If Ukraine ever falls, who's next? The Baltic countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which are NATO countries, then we will have to answer, - explains the head of the Ministry of Defense. “The Russians are not going to stop themselves, they need to be stopped in Ukraine, because in order not to shed the blood of other peoples, Ukraine will win.”.

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Recall that in late December, US Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger said that in the event of a direct clash between NATO and Russia, the forces of the Alliance could win quickly - in three days. But NATO does not seem to be happy with such forecasts..

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern that the war against Ukraine could develop into a direct confrontation between the Alliance and the Russian Federation.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin believes that it has been at war with the organization almost since the beginning of a full-scale invasion of our country.. This can be explained by an attempt by Russian propaganda to prepare the citizens of the Russian Federation for losing the war.. The main argument is "