Ukraine, Emma Bonino: “Here’s what NATO and the EU can do to stop Putin” – Foreign

Rome, March 14, 2022 – Not even the former Foreign Minister Emma Bonino had foreseen this war. But you, despite your long experience both at the top of EU politics and in the field of peacekeeping, you attack those who do not make explicit a choice of field in favor of Ukraine. Senator Bonino, are Europe and NATO doing enough? “In these contexts, ‘enough’ would be to immediately stop the Russian military aggression. But the EU reacted with compactness and extraordinary decisions, unthinkable until a few years ago: sanctions against Russia, sending weapons to Ukraine, welcoming refugees with the activation of directive 55 as we have been asking for some time “. But after three weeks of invasion it is clear that Putin wants all of Ukraine. So what more can NATO do? “The exercises, as it is already doing. Only if, for example, the Russian artillery misses a few kilometers and touches Poland – certainly not a desirable hypothesis – Warsaw could ask for the intervention of the Alliance. But, beware, according to article 5 of the NATO Treaty, each country would in any case remain free to decide the actions it deems most appropriate “. Don’t you see a Kosovo model possible then? “It seems difficult to me that someone is willing to send the army to Ukraine, a country twice Italy with 40 million inhabitants is not, in fact, Kosovo (as big as Umbria), where we stayed 10 years anyway “. Is the thesis “We are with Ukraine but we are not at war with Russia” tenable? “No. We must stand on the side of those who suffer unjustified aggression, contrary to the basic principles of international law and humanitarian law. Obviously, no one is against the Russians: we must not defeat Russia, but Putin”. What do you think of the “neither – nor” intellectuals? “Either they are not fully aware of what is at stake, our freedom, or Putin is reaping the rewards of the propaganda he sowed in these …