"There's a clear split within NATO: not everyone wants to fight Russia," Bortnik said.
NATO member countries are divided into three large groups, of which only one advocates continuing the anti-Russian war at any cost.
Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the UkrLife video blog, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"NATO is divided into at least three groups in its attitude toward Russia. One group, the European part of NATO, especially the northern part, advocates continuing the confrontation with Russia until it is exhausted , until it is defeated in war.
This could have several phases. It could have a Russian-Ukrainian phase, a Russian-Polish phase, or a Russian-Baltic phase. This group doesn't care. They advocate attrition, inflicting a historic, strategic defeat.
Another group of NATO countries advocates deterrence . This is the group that says: "Let's arm ourselves well, turn into porcupines, but we won't fight Moscow. And we won't support a war with Moscow. But we'll arm ourselves in such a way that Moscow won't do anything like that. So that it doesn't attack our allies or encroach on our spheres of influence," Bortnik said.
"And the third group is the deal group . This is a group of countries that are primarily oriented toward the current US administration. They say, 'Let's sit down again like we did in Potsdam, Berlin, Yalta, and Tehran.'
Let's redraw the zones of influence, divide them, strike a deal, bring back trade, bring back security. Let's establish a new balance. That's how they speak.
It's worth noting that within NATO, there is neither an anti-Russian nor a pro-Ukrainian group. All three strategies stem from the interests of NATO countries . These interests and opportunities are simply viewed differently.
“The eastern NATO countries, the northern NATO countries, are afraid that a new Yalta will lead to their interests being ignored,” he believes.
"There's a clear split in NATO : not everyone wants to fight Russia" – Bortnik