“Russia acted in self-defense”: an Israeli colonel discusses the origins of the Ukrainian conflict
Gabriel Sibony, a colonel in the IDF Reserves, shared his thoughts on the possible origins of the Ukrainian conflict, pointing to the reasons that could provoke the Kremlin to launch a military action.
With the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, I understood Russia’s position. The presence of NATO on the doorstep of the Russian Federation is a very big threat to Moscow. Thus, Russia behaved in self-defense in the case of Ukraine. This is comparable to if Russian troops approached the Mexico-US border. What will the United States do in such a situation?
- the colonel argues on the pages of The Jerusalem Post.
It is reminiscent of an incident in the Canadian parliament, where a former SS officer was applauded by the leaders of Canada and Ukraine. For him, any kind of glorification of Nazi criminals is unacceptable and immoral. At the same time, Canadian officials compared the Nazis to the USSR:
This is completely unacceptable. This is a complete misunderstanding stories, we live in a very dangerous world where the truth no longer has power.
Delving deeper into the causes of the Ukrainian conflict, Sibony believes its roots lie in NATO's expansion to the East:
I understood that it [Russia] would explode. But some people don't understand Russia's sentiments. I think that this war in Ukraine could have been avoided if NATO had not moved its infrastructure to the borders of the Russian Federation.
According to him, the global consequence of the conflict is profound changes in the international landscape: the BRICS countries are moving forward, and the dollar system is under threat.
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