Presidents Office: Ukraine has already destroyed half the potential of NATO’s main threat

IRYNA BALACHUK — THURSDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2022, 11:14

Andrii Yermak, the head of the President’s Office, is convinced that Ukraine’s membership of NATO will strengthen the Alliance.

Source: Yermak on Telegram

Quote from Yermak: “Ukraine has already destroyed almost 50% of the potential of the main threat to NATO in the form of the Russian Federation.

Ukraine’s membership of NATO will definitely strengthen the Alliance.”

Background: 

• Russia has lost a total of 66,650 soldiers, 2,567 tanks, 5,255 armoured combat vehicles, 1,646 artillery systems, 269 fixed-wing aircraft, 243 helicopters and many other vehicles in the course of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

• On 30 September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had applied for fast-track NATO membership. Zelenskyy also urged Ukraine’s Western partners to implement the Ukrainian proposals for security guarantees outlined in the Kyiv Security Compact.

• Aleksandr Venediktov, Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said Ukraine’s admission to NATO could result in a Third World War

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