Despite what the Mail claims below, the situation in Ukraine is NOT a replay of the Cuba crisis. Now the roles are reversed as the West is deploying its military closer and closer to Russia\u2019s Western border.<\/p>\n
Crucial among the weapons being deployed by NATO are missile defences in Poland and the Czech Republic. The next step in NATO\u2019s steady eastern advance would be to deploy medium range missiles in Poland, and if Kyev joins NATO, in Ukraine too.<\/p>\n
This is what Russia dreads and why it is adamantly opposed to Ukraine joining NATO. Deploying medium range nuclear missiles in Ukraine would mean NATO would be only a matter of minutes from striking Moscow.<\/p>\n
Over the past few decades NATO has shifted its focus steadily eastwards, to the point that its forces are now effectively on Russia\u2019s doorstep. Hitler used blizkrieg tactics and Napoleon used his Grande Armee while NATO is taking a more incremental approach.<\/p>\n
As Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin maintained recently, the Western military alliance is preparing for war with Russia<\/a>. That’s why Moscow has been so adamant in its opposition to Ukraine joining NATO and why the situation is so fraught with danger. Ed.<\/p>\n The world is heading for a new Cuban missile crisis in Ukraine<\/strong><\/a> if the West fails to deal with Russia<\/strong><\/a>‘s security demands ‘here and now’, Moscow said today.<\/p>\n This came amid a new round of major military exercises by Vladimir Putin<\/strong><\/a>‘s troops in an evident bid to warn NATO<\/strong><\/a> of the seriousness of the situation ahead of the New Year.<\/p>\n Videos showed the latest Russian drills – some close to Ukraine – amid fears Putin will invade if the West fails to meet his demands.<\/p>\n Hawkish deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov denied he was exaggerating in comparing the current crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.<\/p>\n ‘No, not too much,’ he said in an interview with Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn magazine when asked if his comparison was ‘too much.’<\/p>\n There are fears a war could erupt between Russia and Western-ally Ukraine in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n Ryabkov appeared to rule out a Russian compromise on seeking cast-iron guarantees that Ukraine would not join NATO, and promises not to deploy strike weapons in eastern European countries which are members of the western alliance.<\/p>\n ‘I call on everyone considering this topic publicly to think whether it is shameful for Russia to meet Western ultimatum demands halfway,’ he said.<\/p>\n And he made clear that ‘if we cannot do it [through diplomacy], then open questions will emerge: what are further steps and what should we do?<\/p>\n ‘We are against escalation, we are against conflicts, we do not draw lines in the sand, just the logic itself leads us to say that we are not ready to make peace with the current situation.’<\/p>\nThe West is facing a new Cuban missile crisis unless it caves in to Putin over his NATO demands ‘here and now’, Moscow warns as Putin stages fresh war games<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Will Stewart \u2013 Daily Mail Dec 27, 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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