kyiv is two and a half hours of Brussels flight. As close as Lisbon. And yet, the conflict in Ukraine sometimes seems to us very distant. General Vansina, head of the Belgian defense, may remember that there will be no Russian tanks in Brussels “neither tomorrow nor the day after tomorrow”, he insists: if Russia attacks a Baltic country, Belgium, by article 5 of NATO, is at war too.
“If Russia attacks a Baltic country, Belgium will be at war”: the non -detour warning of the Defense leader in the face of Putin’s ambitions
Strategic lucidity imposes a brutal truth: Europe can no longer afford the luxury of being naive, slow or divided. It must rebuild itself quickly. And make yourself able to produce itself which guarantees its safety. Because the war of attrition that Russian and Ukrainians have been carrying out for more than three years is not only a regional conflict. It also shows and above all that the balance of power depends more than ever on industry, drones and mastery of the sky. “War is gaining in the third dimension,” said Vansina this Thursday.
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