NATO’s Stoltenberg Admits War Could Have Been Prevented as Russia “Lets Ukrainians Run Against Defenses to Kill as Many as Possible” (NYT)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg conceded that the Ukraine war could have been prevented with assurances not to expand NATO to Russia’s borders. The BBC reported from Ukraine that “An easy breakthrough is simply impossible,” in Ukraine, and that front-line troops are “getting ready for a long-term war.” The U.S. House of Representatives approved another $300 million for Ukraine late on Thursday.
“President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a joint committee meeting of the European Parliament on September 7. “That was what he sent us. And [that] was a pre-condition (to) not invade Ukraine.
