Croatia threatened to withdraw all NATO forces if Russia invaded Ukraine. Milanovic: Ukraine should not join NATO, "As the commander-in-chief, I have been closely following the statement that NATO - not one country, nor the United States - is strengthening its presence and sending some search ships." We have nothing to do with him and we have nothin
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The Croatian president has explained that if Russia invades Ukraine, Croatia will withdraw its forces until NATO's "last soldier".
He added that "if the situation on the Ukrainian border deteriorates, Croatia will not send any troops. On the contrary, it will withdraw all its troops until the last Croatian soldier arrives."
At the same time, Milanovich emphasized that this was not the case with Ukraine or Russia. According to him, "Ukraine or Russia have nothing to do with the current crisis, but the internal policy dynamics of the United States under the leadership and administration of President Joe Biden and international security issues reflect conflict and dangerous behavior." Washington.
Milanovich says Ukraine should not join NATO
According to President Milanovich, whose country joined NATO on April 1, 2009, Ukraine "should not join NATO, for example, neutral Finland, Austria, and Sweden are not members of this alliance."
The source said Zoran Milanovich described former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych as a "three-man deception" and added that his removal from power was a coup encouraged by the European Union and the US administration. From Agerpres.
"After Yanukovych was ousted in 2014, the story goes like this: Ukraine is turning west, it has nothing in common with Russia, the customs union with Russia and the former Soviet republics is bad for Ukraine, while the European Union will be fine. Milk and honey are flowing. Years later, Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, economically stagnant, and has no ties to the European Union.
Russia and the United States have discussed NATO's security guarantees NATO, including the non-proliferation of the alliance in Ukraine and the withdrawal of troops from Romania and Bulgaria. Several talks have already taken place in various forms, but no agreement has been announced yet. However, Westerners have said talks are underway to stop Russia's preparations for an attack on Ukraine.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has repeatedly denied such rumors, describing them as "baseless explosions". He stressed that Russia is not a threat to anyone. At the same time, Peskov said there was a risk of taking action in support of such allegations, and warned that any attempt to manage the crisis in southeastern Ukraine would have dire consequences.
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