[Politics] 'Ukraine's entry into NATO would cause World War III': Russia

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Ukraine's entry into NATO would provoke World War III, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexandr Venedíktov warned Thursday, commenting on kyiv's recent request after Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

"It is rather a propaganda step. kyiv fully understands that this step will mean a guaranteed escalation until the Third World War," the Russian politician said in an interview with the Russian agency Tass.

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According to Venedíktov, the intention was that, "to create noise in the informative space and draw attention once again".

"Although, considering how alienated many representatives of the kyiv regime are from reality, I would not be surprised if one of them really counted on his country joining NATO," he added.

However, Venedíktov pointed out, despite NATO's declarations that it is not involved in the Ukrainian conflict, "the actions carried out by Western countries show that they are direct participants in the conflict."

"However, the admission of Ukraine to NATO would automatically give this participation a new quality, since it would involve the fifth article (on collective defense) and we know what the consequences would be for humanity," he observed.

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The deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council added that NATO members "understand that this step would be suicidal", so except for the Baltic countries, no power supported the proposal and only excuses were heard for not admitting Ukraine to the Atlantic Alliance. .

On September 30, after the Russian annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, signed an application to accede to NATO "in an accelerated way".

Zelensky pointed out that, "de facto", Ukraine is already on the way to becoming a member of the Atlantic Alliance and has shown its "compatibility" with its military standards, which are "real" for kyiv both on the battlefield and in the interaction with your allies.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to the request that NATO's doors "remain open" for Ukraine, but reminded kyiv that there is a process to follow to gain access.

In addition, Blinken avoided answering the question of whether his country would support an urgent procedure for joining the bloc, like the one followed by Sweden and Finland this year.

For its part, the Kremlin stated that it was "carefully" following this request, noting that Ukraine's aspiration to join NATO was one of the reasons for the so-called Russian "special military operation" against the neighboring country.

*With information from EFE

https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/europa/rusia-entrada-de-ucrania-en-la-otan-provocaria-la-tercera-guerra-mundial-709613

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The West knows very well that the move to include Ukraine in NATO is suicidal step, just as mentioned in the text above. I don't think NATO will risk a third world war and it won't. My personal opinion of NATO members is definitely not nonsense, they are fully aware of what that means.. Also, Western media and Western websites are always biased towards the West and they always dare to take escalatory steps and misleading informations to create tension between the West and Russia.. There are parties that fit the current global situation. We are watching the modern world and its variables... There is no longer a unipolar world after the Corona crisis and the Ukraine crisis. We see Europe suffering from a shortage of gas supplies, oil derivatives, etc. The United States of America or Washington and its allies is no longer the monopoly of the world, and the economy there is a force, Russia is rising, China is rising and the world has varied.