Anders Fogh Rasmussen, from 2009 by 2014 gg. who was in the role of the Secretary General of NATO, He expressed his opinion about the real state of affairs in the case of Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict. According to Rasmussen, which from May 2016 he is the adviser of the Ukrainian president on national security issues and reform of the armed forces, in a real war with Russia Ukrainian army would not have lasted a few days.
Former NATO Secretary General noted, that if Russia really wanted the occupation of Ukraine, that Kiev would not help even significantly increased in the past 2-3 , the potential of its armed forces.
Rasmussen said, that NATO is ready in principle "to stop the hypothetical tank advance of Russian troops", and then he added, that in fact such a scenario is highly unlikely.
Present Advisor Poroshenko told, that the best strategy for the NATO strategy remains on the "containment of Russia and simultaneously a political dialogue with her".
Rasmussen:
NATO does not intend to carry out attempts to isolate Russia.
Such a statement the former head of the North Atlantic military bloc made in an interview with German weekly Die Welt, adding, what, basically, version of the possible Russia's accession to the alliance takes place, however "NATO has not received the relevant application from the official Moscow".
