NATO has facts to refute the statements of Putin about Ukraine

NATO and Russia exchanged causticities, criticizing each other’s role in the Ukrainian conflict, writes Business Insider. In response to the statement of Russia, NATO issued a so-called “list of facts”. The publication has selected facts that considered the most interesting.

Approval of Russia: NATO promised after German reunification not to expand to the east.

NATO response: No real evidence that this agreement “quid pro quo” in general has been concluded, the newspaper said. According to NATO, even Mikhail Gorbachev said: “Neither NATO nor the Soviet leaders never raised the issue of NATO expansion”.

Russia: NATO expansion destabilize the Balkans.

NATO: “Membership in the Alliance has strengthened security and democratic development of the Balkan alliance members (Albania, Croatia, Slovenia and Greece)”.

Russia: Russia’s actions in the Crimea were no different from the NATO action in Kosovo.

NATO: “The military actions of the coalition in Kosovo were the result of nearly 10 years of failed attempts at a peaceful settlement of a long and violent conflict between the repressive government of Serbia that violate human rights and the ethnic Albanian majority of Kosovo’s population. On the contrary, the Crimea was never any disputed territory or the focus of a long crisis, while Russia in March annexed it”.

Russia: The Ukrainian government is illegal, it is dominated by the Nazis and Fascists.

NATO: Ukrainian President was elected by a clear majority of votes, the OSCE recognized the elections free and fair. Right parties have less than 5% of the votes – less than that required for representation in parliament.