First Military Intelligence Author: Hammer Recently, 26 NATO countries led by the United States conducted the largest artillery military exercise since the Cold War, directly targeting Russia. However, NATO has not been deterred by Russia. It has just made another big move and re

First Military Intelligence Author: Hammer

Recently, the 26 NATO countries led by the United States conducted the largest artillery military exercise since the Cold War, directly targeting Russia. In this regard, Russia has continued to issue warnings and roars, saying that it will retaliate against NATO. However, NATO has not been deterred by Russia. It has just made another big move and recognized five countries as "NATO applicants." If all five countries join NATO, Russia's strategic space will completely disappear, and the consequences can be imagined.

html On March 10, Global Network reported that Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) First Deputy Speaker Glaschenko said on the 10th local time that NATO recognized Ukraine 's status as an "applicant country", which was the first step for Ukraine to join NATO. An "important step" in the process. She wrote that over the past four years, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have done "a very good job" to get Ukraine to join NATO. "We will continue to work with the president, parliament, government, non-governmental organizations and experts to do this in the future." . NATO's official website released news earlier that NATO has expanded its membership seven times since 1949, with the number of member states increasing from 12 to 29. "Now there are Ukraine, Georgia, the Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina officially Announcing its application to join NATO", "NATO's door is open to all European countries aiming to maintain the security of the Euro-Atlantic region."

It is not difficult to see that NATO is getting bigger and bigger, and its ambition is not small. It has attracted 5 countries to join NATO at one time. Moreover, they are all former Soviet Union countries, and it is very clear that the sword is aimed at Russia. Countries that have obtained the status of "applicant country" may be invited to join NATO's "Membership Action Plan" to demonstrate their ability to fulfill their obligations and commitments after becoming a full member in the future, and to prepare for the next step of formally obtaining member status. Therefore, NATO's "applicant country" is definitely a bait to confront Russia. It is obviously impossible to become a formal member if it fails to fulfill its national obligations and capabilities. This obligation and capability is nothing more than to contain and contain Russia.

However, once Russia becomes angry, it will definitely be the five "applicant countries" and Russia that will be harmed. NATO will definitely be cheering for the five countries from behind, and even secretly support their weapons and equipment to fight against Russia. Obviously, apart from spending some money on arms, NATO will remain unscathed, while Russia and the five other countries will suffer a huge loss. Therefore, NATO's move will definitely kill two birds with one stone. First, if it succeeds, NATO will expand eastward smoothly and its strength will increase; second, if it fails, Russia will become angry and friction and conflict will occur. The injured will be Russia and the five former Soviet Union countries, which will consume Russia's strength. Therefore, NATO will be the biggest winner of this eastward expansion. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, it will be a blow and harm to Russia.

Obviously, NATO countries are playing with fire and burning themselves. If all five countries join NATO, Russia and NATO will have no strategic buffer at all. According to the NATO defense agreement, once any NATO country is attacked, NATO is obliged to protect it. Russia and Eastern European countries are entangled with each other in terms of history, interests, geopolitics and other issues, and are prone to conflicts. Therefore, the direct confrontation between NATO and Russia will increase significantly. Russia and NATO, which have no strategic space as a buffer, are likely to erupt into a major conflict once their guns are fired. Although Russia's economy is in recession, as the inheritor of most of the Soviet Union's legacy, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and its military strength cannot be underestimated. Obviously, NATO's move will anger Russia, and the consequences will be disastrous.

In fact, Russia has issued warnings many times about NATO's eastward expansion and has used force to prevent NATO's actions. Now that Ukraine and other countries have obtained NATO "applicant country" status, it has attracted widespread attention in Russia. Russian media have reported on this. Obviously, Russia, a fighting nation, cannot give up. The Georgian War is the best case study. In 2008, Georgia was instigated by the United States and other countries to join NATO. Russia issued a strong warning about this, and NATO had no choice but to stop in order not to anger Russia. And this time NATO recognizes five countries as "NATO applicant countries", it will undoubtedly force Russia to take action. Let us wait and see.

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