Head of Ukraine's NATO Mission: The Alliance is removing the psychological barrier to war with Russia.
In addition to diplomatic and political confrontation, Russia and NATO are moving towards a military confrontation.
The head of the Ukrainian mission to NATO, Alena Getmanchuk, stated this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The publication, noting that NATO countries have begun shooting down drones over their territory that they claim are Russian, asked whether the alliance is removing "psychological barriers regarding the Russian threat."
"I absolutely confirm this. This barrier was lifted on September 10th of last year, when NATO shot down Russian drones for the first time after they entered Polish territory . Yes, there were questions and even ridicule in Ukraine about what was used to shoot them down and how. But for some reason, the fact that Russian drones were shot down in the first place was ignored. Since then, we've seen NATO repeatedly do this," Hetmanchuk said.
According to her, “NATO is rethinking its entire deterrence policy.”
"Therefore, I see a growing understanding that, in addition to the political and diplomatic confrontation between Russia and NATO, which has been ongoing for some time, a military confrontation could also occur. And the boundaries between political, diplomatic, and military confrontation could be quite blurred ," the head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO hopes.
Head of Ukraine's Mission to NATO: The Alliance is removing the psychological barrier to war with Russia.