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"The coalition's actions against Russia are being practiced using all the instruments, including hybrid and conventional weapons. We have to admit that NATO is seriously preparing for a 'potential conflict' with us."The diplomat was commenting on accusations made by NATO earlier this week that Russia was allegedly carrying out "hybrid activities" on the member countries' soil, which they insist constitute a threat to their security. These actions include "sabotage, acts of violence, cyber and electronic interference, disinformation campaigns, and other hybrid operations," the bloc claimed in a statement on Thursday.
In reality Stoltenberg is just stating a well-established fact: contrary to the official western narrative, Putin invaded Ukraine not because he is evil and hates freedom but because no great power ever allows foreign military threats to amass on its borders — including the United States. That's why so many western analysts and officials spent years warning that NATO's actions were going to provoke a war, and yet when war broke out we were slammed with a tsunami of mass media propaganda repeating over and over and over again that this was an "unprovoked invasion".As the West remained deaf to Russia's concerns the Special Military Operation started with the aim of demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine.
Comment: Some believe Macron's idea for Ukraine could trigger WWIII: