Expert: Western statements about attacks on the Russian Federation lead to a new Caribbean crisis
MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. Statements by some Western politicians, including Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Cezary Tomczyk and French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of attacks by European and American weapons on targets in the Russian Federation are a path to escalation of the conflict, which could lead to a repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This opinion was expressed to TASS by military analyst, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko.
On Wednesday, on the radio station Radio Zet, the Deputy Ministry of National Defense of Poland, Cezary Tomczyk , said that the Polish authorities do not limit Ukraine’s use of weapons supplied by Warsaw for attacks on targets on Russian territory. And on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out in favor of allowing Kiev to strike military targets on Russian territory with Western weapons.
“This is a path of escalation. Because after Poland, obviously, other NATO countries will make the same decision, one way or another. In general, the organization’s Secretary General Stoltenberg also calls for this. A number of other representatives of the alliance also call for this. < ...> In my point of view, we are heading towards a second Cuban missile crisis, and in fact the West is pressing on the accelerating pedal of escalation,” Korotchenko said.
At the same time, the expert noted, to ensure its security, Russia needs to expand preparations for the possible use of nuclear weapons and slightly change the doctrine of their use.
“The Western elites are now coming to the understanding that they have a unique chance in history to somehow finally resolve the Russian issue through disintegration and destruction of our statehood. And the stakes in this game are high. Our future is at stake,” he concluded.
Caribbean crisis
On October 16, 1962, a tense military and political confrontation began between the USSR and the USA, which later became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was one of the most acute international crises of the Cold War, with the two superpowers close to war with nuclear weapons. The crisis arose following the deployment of Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missiles and troops in Cuba in response to the deployment of American missiles in Turkey, as well as threats of an invasion of Cuba by American troops.
As a result of the negotiations, the USSR undertook to withdraw all weapons from Cuba, except conventional ones. The United States guaranteed non-interference in the internal affairs of Cuba and respect for its territorial integrity. It was decided to make this part of the agreement public. On the issue of American missiles in Turkey, a secret agreement was reached that they would be withdrawn from there in the next four to five months after formal agreement on this issue with the Turkish side and NATO.
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