NATO has lost some opportunities for partnership with Russia and adapts to the fresh rules, said the commander of the United forces of NATO in the European Union Philip Breedlove.

" I don't think NATO will ever be able to appear in the EU entirely, besprepjatstvenno and peacefully, with no partner in Russia. We tried to make Russia a partner for 12 years, " said Breedlove at the meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council." The structure of NATO forces was well adapted for the previous, when We saw a good opportunity for partnership with Russia). Currently, We have lost some of these abilities and agreed to adapt the Alliance to better respond to the situation, where We do not have partnerships with one of the main players, " he added.

Also Breedlove said that the Alliance will prepare partners with living there a large number of Russian-speaking people to resist " hybrid war ", which have the ability to take military unmarked, which the Alliance first called " green men ". In his vision, " in the case of the inclusion of such " green people " to the aggressor, the action takes the 5th article of the Charter, NATO, and the Alliance can use the right tools ".

According to the 5th article of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 the parties agree that an attack on one of the member countries is seen as an attack on them all, and every country in the exercise of the right to collective self-defense or private defense will help the victim of aggression, including the use of armed force.

The epithet " little green men " in the spring was fixed for Russian servicemen in camouflage uniforms without insignia. They provided security for the referendum in Crimea. The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable.

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