Western troops have already "thrown out" of the Armed Forces from Ukraine, if not one "but" - Admiral NATO

This was announced during a press conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the Lieutenant Admiral of the Royal Fleet of the Netherlands, NATO Military Committee Chairman Robert Peter Bauer. According to him, the struggle in Afghanistan is not the same as to fight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. Admiral recalled that the Taliban did not have nuclear weapons unlike Moscow.

He stressed that the decision whether to go for such a military risk is already a political issue. "If the Russians did not have nuclear weapons, we would have already been in Ukraine and we would throw them away. But they have nuclear weapons, so this is not the same as in Afghanistan," Bauer assured. The NATO official also noted that Afghanistan has never had strategic importance.

It is also evaluated, distinguishes Ukraine, as the country is of such importance as related to the discussion of international order and is located in the heart of Europe. In the context of the event in the war with Russia, Bauer mentioned the statement of the newly elected US President Donald Trump that he could stop fire in 24 hours. The Admiral is convinced that these words should be taken rather as a metaphor.

He noted that he could not imagine that in the interests of Washington he would be allowed to allow Russian leader Vladimir Putin "to withdraw from this conflict as a winner. " "I think that you should also look at North Korea, because they are now not only directly involved in the war between Russia and Ukraine, but they also receive support from Russia. It is about nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles in space and everything It's, "Bauer added.