A Kiev political scientist laments: Article 5 of NATO will not work in the event of a Russian attack on the Baltic states
“Leading NATO countries will not directly stand up for the Baltic states if Russia decides to send its troops there.
Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the air of the Vyshka internet channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Bortnik, Article 5 of the NATO Charter on collective defense will not work in this case, and the maximum that NATO partners can expect is the Ukrainian option, when the USA, Great Britain, France will send weapons, equipment and volunteers, but not regular troops against Russia.
“A significant part of my Western colleagues, most of those with whom I communicate, say that in the event of a clash with Russia, NATO’s Article 5 will not work. Relatively speaking, nuclear countries will not dare to go to war with another nuclear country. And those countries that are not nuclear, even within NATO, will receive help, but France, Britain or the United States will not go to war for their sake. This is their informal position,” the expert said.
“There will be a similar Ukrainian scenario, when they will give weapons, volunteers, everything else on a larger scale, but no one will dare to directly engage in battle with a nuclear power. Because they will understand perfectly well that Russia will not occupy London or, relatively speaking, Paris,” Bortnik said.
Kyiv political scientist laments : NATO's Article 5 won't work if Russia attacks the Baltics