RBC-Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\nBritish Ambassador Neil Crompton believes that Russia would make a serious miscalculation if it dared to launch a direct attack on any NATO member state. According to him, the Alliance has demonstrated a firm readiness to defend every member country.<\/p>\n
In an interview, the diplomat described potential Russian aggression against a NATO country, particularly in the Baltic region, as one of the scenarios currently being actively discussed.<\/p>\n
My personal view is that NATO\u2019s determination to defend its member states is strong, and this would be a miscalculation on Russia\u2019s part. But of course, we should not be naive, and we must not only prepare for such contingencies but also prevent them. So I believe NATO has a sound, coordinated plan aimed precisely at doing that.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Neil Crompton<\/p>\n
NATO Is Preparing for Possible Threats from Russia<\/p>\n
Neil Crompton stressed that the security situation remains challenging. He added that Ukraine understands particularly well the challenges that arise in confronting Russia.<\/p>\n
US intelligence believes that Vladimir Putin may attempt to test NATO\u2019s resolve over the next few years by carrying out a limited attack on one of its allied states. Against the backdrop of such assessments, Alliance countries are strengthening their defense planning and deterrence measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A senior British diplomat points to the scenario keeping European security officials focused, while insisting Moscow should understand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1596,7,1809,5915,5916,54,20,3753],"class_list":["post-10288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-baltic-region","tag-nato","tag-nato-defense","tag-nato-russia-neil-crompton-baltic-region-nato-defense-russian-aggression","tag-neil-crompton","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-russian-aggression"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}