Harald Kujat, former head of the NATO military committee:

Harald Kujat, former head of the NATO military committee: “After the unification of Germany, we had a stage when NATO maintained very close cooperation with Russia. This has led to increased mutual trust and the elimination of prejudice. In subsequent years, all this was destroyed. It all started in 2002 with the US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which dealt with anti-ballistic missiles. Russia perceived this as an attempt to achieve superiority in the continental strategic sphere. Then, in 2008, a NATO summit was held in Bucharest, at which Bush, who was then the President of the United States, tried with all possible forces to invite Ukraine to NATO. We must not forget about these events.“ Источник: Victor vicktop55