NATO expects a large-scale Russian attack in Ukraine

We do not know whether Russia recognized the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk or if it only recognized the parts occupied by the separatists. “It is not clear” before Vladimir Putin announced the recognition of the separatists’ sovereignty over all of Lugansk and Donetsk regions, he added.

“Russia promised to withdraw its forces and instead concentrate more forces in a combat formation ready to attack,” he said. “Other forces are present in the Donbass, in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and this exacerbates the situation,” he added. He stressed that “to this should be added the threatening speech of Vladimir Putin.”

Listen to Loïc Tassé on Benoit Dutrizac’s microphone on QUB Radio:

NATO is ready to defend the Allies. The rapid reaction force is on alert, but it has not been deployed.”

This force has 40,000 troops and is equipped with a Very High Readiness Combined Operations Force (VJTF) of 8,000, including 7,000 French, with an air component currently under French command.

We’ve sent reinforcements to the east, and we’ve got some more to wait. He explained that we have more than 100 aircraft on alert and 120 ships at sea.