The cause of the expansion of NATO east was the euphoria from the victory of the Alliance over the USSR in the Cold War. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking on Tuesday, on December 21, on an extended meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense, reports TASS.
“Sometimes you wonder why they did all this in those conditions? It is not clear. I think that from Euphoria in connection with the victory in the so-called Cold War or with the so-called victory in the Cold War,” said the head of state. Another reason he called the wrong assessment of the situation from Brussels in the collapse of the USSR.
Also Putin also assured that Russia will take military-technical measures, if NATO approaches its borders. He added that it is necessary to form a hard answer to foreign aggression.