This is reported by the Reuters news agency. Putin believes all claims that Russia is aggressively taken out of the open air.
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- Vladimir Putin claims that Russia will not attack NATO. He believes that charges of Russian aggression are baseless.
- Events such as the violation of Polish and Estonian airspace have sharpened the tone between Russia and NATO.
- Norway helps Ukraine. Among other things, they train Ukrainian soldiers in Poland to ensure security without attack threat.
The summary is made using artificial intelligence (KI) and quality assured by Aftenposten’s journalists.
On Thursday night, President Vladimir Putin spoke on a Russian think tank in the city of Sochi. During the speech, Putin said it is impossible to imagine that Russia will attack NATO, for the sake of its own safety.
– The ruling elites in Europe whip up hysteria, he says.
Putin believes that European leaders are incredibly incompetent if they actually believe that Russia will attack NATO.
– Or they are simply dishonest, says Putin.
He believes that all claims that Russia is aggressive is taken out of the open air.
Furthermore, Putin said that Russia is military and that the country’s military has previously shown that they respond quickly to attacks or aggression.
– Russia should not be provoked. Weakness is unacceptable, says Putin.
The president also said Europe is responsible for not peace in Ukraine.
In the speech on Thursday, Putin says that “all NATO countries lead war against Russia in Ukraine”.
– They supply Ukraine with intelligence, weapons, training. It’s a serious challenge for Russia, he says.
More events sharpened the tone
The statements come after drone attacks in Poland. In September, several Russian attack drones violated Polish airspace. Poland reported discoveries of parts from seven drones and one missile. NATO activated Article 4 as a result of the drone event.
Ten days later, three Russian Mig fighter jets violated Estonian airspace. They stayed in Estonia for 12 minutes. President Donald Trump called the incident a big problem.
– I don’t like it. I don’t like it when it happens. It can mean trouble.
When the US President spoke in the UN a few days later, he was asked if NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft flying into their airspace. The answer was crystal clear:
“Yes, I think,” he said.
Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) thought it was a clear warning to Russia.
“When NATO today says that we want to defend ourselves against threats with necessary means, there is also a clear warning to Russia to avoid getting just that in that situation,” Eide said in a comment to NTB.
Norwegian training camp
In addition, Norway has opened a training camp for Ukrainian soldiers in Poland, called Camp Jomsborg. In the long term, the Ukrainian soldiers in the camp will return to the front, but will now conduct military training in a safe training place, without the threat of attacks.
“They should be able to kill as many Russians as possible,” a Ukrainian military adviser said about the opening of the camp.
The adviser was clear in the speech about what Norwegian soldiers train his countrymen in the military camp.
