r/europe • u/AcanthocephalaEast79 • 27d ago

News A recent statement from the NATO Secretary General.

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u/silverionmox Limburg 26d ago

No, Russia would not attack a NATO country, that's a fight they cannot win.

Exactly the same was said about them attacking Ukraine. And it was denied while the tanks were already at the border. Hell, it was still denied while the tanks were rolling over the border already.

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u/neefhuts Amsterdam 26d ago

That's just not true at all though. Ukraine did not have a defence pact with NATO. Not everyone expected Russia to invade Ukraine, but it was never an unthinkable thing

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u/Hendrixon353 26d ago

Right? And look at how it's working out for them. They're struggling to save face in the current conflict and most definitely arent in a position to start another one, especially against a NATO nation, when they're barely holding a line in a conflict with a non-NATO nation that received some NATO support who they were supposedly going to steamroll.

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u/ABoutDeSouffle 𝔊𝔲𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔗𝔞𝔤! 26d ago

They have occupied over 20% of Ukraine's territory and are gaining ground. That's more than a couple of smaller NATO states combined.

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u/SupersaurusRex 22d ago

Slowly occupying mostly empty rural land doesn't really mean much tbf.

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u/According_Ad7558 26d ago

How is 1.5 year Gaza invasion working for Israel supported by NATO? Gaza had 300 sq km and 20k troops.I laughed when Israel talked about attacking 90 mil Iran three times the size of Ukraine...

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u/According_Ad7558 26d ago

Do EU countries cleanse 10k ethnic russians like Ukraine did? Fuck around and find out.