2002-2005 NATO Military Committee head Gen. Harald Kujat (ret.) warns the next escalation of the war could be a direct NATO intervention into Ukraine if Kiev’s counteroffensive fails.
Currently ignored by the German mainstream media, General Kujat, who had been Chief of Staff of the Bundeswher (2000-2002) and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (2002-2005), has given another interview to the Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung. (https://paz.de/artikel/die-europaeisierung-des-krieges-schreitet-schritt-fuer-schritt-voran-a8955.html)
A “boomerang” Ukraine offensive? “Should the Ukrainians lose their offensive power in the course of the offensive, the tide could turn very quickly and the Russian armed forces take over the initiative. Then it would be very difficult for Ukraine to repel a Russian counterattack.”
“Whenever the situation in Ukraine is critical, the escalation screw is turned further by the demand for even more powerful weapon systems. And again and again the European NATO countries have crossed their red lines…. The Europeanization of the war proceeds step by step, with Germany at the tête. Already a failure of the announced major offensive could put the Ukrainian armed forces in a position from which they cannot extricate themselves. Will the intervention of NATO then be demanded as the next escalation level?”
General Kujat mentions that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s May 14 visit to the Korean War 38th Parallel demarcation line reflects U.S. considerations for a “Korea Solution,” a “frozen conflict,” which Kujat criticizes: “However, I would not call such a ceasefire model a ‘solution.’ The ‘freezing’ option has significant disadvantages compared to a negotiated solution.” The inability of Ukraine to drive Russia out of Donbass and Crimea forces the issue: “That is why the question of how much longer this war should actually be supported is becoming ever more urgent in the U.S. and soon also in Europe.”
General Kujat leaves off where the Schiller Institute is now taking on the challenge, launching its June-July offensive to bring Europe and the U.S. onboard for a New Security and Development Architecture in coordination with the peace efforts of the Global South, Africa, China and Brazil, and the Vatican.
Kujat: “For a secure future for Ukraine, it would be important for a balanced agreement to be reached at the end of the war, one that primarily makes possible a European peace and security order in which Ukraine and Russia have their place and where the rivalry between the U.S. and Russia does not endanger Europe’s ability to assert itself.”
