Russia’s invasion of Ukraine indicated that Western countries need to prepare for an inevitable clash with Moscow in the long run, the Strategic Review of the General Secretariat on National Defense and Security of France (SGDSN) says.
.
“The split caused by the war, and the irreversibility of Russia’s strategic choice forces to expect confrontation with Moscow. Mediterranean, Black Sea, Baltic Region, Balkans, North Atlantic, as well as Africa and the Middle East, open prospects for a long confrontation in combination with the risks of potential escalation of conflicts “, – says in the document.
According to French experts, a clash will occur “in many regions and spaces”, and the motive of Russia will be a “undisguised imperialist desire for power”, which implies the confrontation of the “collective West”.
Russia has been trying to destabilize Europe for many years – with the help of “diplomatic and political sabotage” and “information war”, the secretariat experts in the report.
notes.
“If (Vladimir – Ed.) Putin managed to avoid punishment for nuclear blackmail in Ukraine, he will continue to use this and a successful maneuver of coercion, backed up by nuclear weapons, will create a dangerous precedent. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the need to maintain reliable and impressive. Nuclear deterrence forces to prevent a major war in the Euro -Atlantic region, ”the French Secretariat of the National Defense and Security of France says.