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31 of July, 10:58

UK: NATO is not ready to attack from Russia
NATO is not prepared adequately to the threat of a possible attack from Russia to one of the countries-members of the Commonwealth, although the Risk is small, it is Informed in the report of the Department of defense under the Cabinet of Ministers of the UK, released on the last working day of the week.

" The risk of Russian attack on a member state of NATO is still small, but important. We are not sure that NATO is ready for that kind of threat, " the report said. According to the comments of the authors of the report, the tactics of the Russian Federation is rapidly changing and absorbed cyber attacks, information war, support for the militias, and the participation of the authorized Russian law enforcement bodies in the events in the East of Ukraine, which operate there without insignia, not to be identified.

the report noted that NATO has serious flaws in the governance structures and lack of ability to predict the possible danger. Another problem is the lack of a unified political will of leaders of the countries members of the Commonwealth. The authors of the report report on the need for the Alliance of radical reform, which should include General doctrine, continuous placing NATO troops in the Baltic States, the improvement of the processes of prevention of potential threats, the improvement of existing rapid reaction forces.

German media said on Wednesday that the German Government opposes the permanent deployment of NATO forces in Eastern Europe and believes in cooperation with the Russian Federation. They say that this position of Germany exacerbates conflict within the Commonwealth yesterday the NATO summit that is scheduled for early September. Most importantly, Poland and the Baltic countries since the beginning of the Ukrainian fall emphasis on the fact that NATO was represented in Eastern Europe more impressive.

The German government takes a different view and considers that the refusal of permanent accommodation forces of the Commonwealth " in tune with the self-restrictions contained in the agreements NATO and the Russian Federation ". Instead of placing forces of Germany wants to make rules for quick redeployment of troops if necessary.

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