On Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced the alliance was appointing a senior official to represent its interests in Ukraine, following up on a commitment made during last week’s summit in Washington.
Stoltenberg said the role would be filled by Patrick Turner, a British official who, according to a NATO press release, “previously served as NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations and as Assistant Secretary-General for Defence Policy and Planning, as well as in a range of senior civil service positions for the United Kingdom.”
Turner is expected to take up the role in Kyiv in September 2024. “As the Senior Representative, Mr Turner will head the NRU (NATO Representation in Ukraine) and act as a focal point for NATO’s engagement with the Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv,” Stoltenberg said.
The plan to station a civilian official in Ukraine was one of several pledges NATO made during the summit related to the proxy war. The alliance also vowed to provide at least $43 billion in military aid for 2025 and is in the process of forming a new command center in Wiesbaden, Germany, to oversee the training and arming of Ukrainian forces.
The purpose of the command center is to have NATO take over some duties currently filled by the US in what some officials have described as a way to “Trump-proof” support for Ukraine. The idea is if a future administration wants to wind down aid to Ukraine, NATO would be able to continue the proxy war. But the effort will still be hugely reliant on US funding.
When a foreign apparatus acts counter to the best interest of an entire continent it was meant to serve.
Oye vey!!!
Have a nice day!
Let Peace on Earth guide the way!!!!
So many nothing burgers…..NATO "command center" in Germany, NATO "representative" in Kiev, the Ukraine is on an "irreversible" course towards NATO membership, individual "security agreements" between the Ukraine and various NATO members, etc, etc. Reminds me of the nonsense that some couples do when they don't want to get married. They have a "committment ceremony," because they don't want the actual, legally binding marital status. They get the party and the gifts, but there is no real "committment," despite the lingo. Same here. Lots of talk, lots of fake "actions" by NATO, but no NATO membership for the Kiev regime, and so no real "committment" to it by NATO. NATO could, if it wanted to, pull its "representative" out of Kiev the day after he gets there, and shut down the fancy-dancy new "command center" in Germany the day after it opens. Make that "irreversible course" towards NATO membership for the Kiev regime as lengthy as it chooses. And the individual NATO states can cancel those "security agreements" as readily as they made them.
NATO, led by the USA, continues to talk the talk, but refuses to walk the walk. There is no "committment" to the Kiev-based polity that cannot be unilaterally rescinded, when and if NATO chooses to. No treaty, and no principle of international law, prevent the USA and NATO from simply giving up, and quitting the field, should the Kiev regime go down in flames. That's the way they like it, and that's the way they're gonna keep it. No matter what BS du jour they breathlessly "announce."