{"id":3376,"date":"2025-02-24T21:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:45:33","slug":"only-thing-that-can-spark-war-in-europe-wikileaks-latest-report-on-us-approach-to-ukraines-nato-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/only-thing-that-can-spark-war-in-europe-wikileaks-latest-report-on-us-approach-to-ukraines-nato-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Only thing that can spark war in Europe: Wikileaks latest report on US approach to Ukraine\u2019s NATO ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington has been long warned about the risks associated with Kiev\u2019s NATO bid but decided to push forward, a report has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington and its European allies have long been fully aware of potentially dire consequences their policy of encouraging Kiev\u2019s NATO ambitions could lead to, Wikileaks has said in a video report<\/a>, citing a trove of diplomatic cables it had obtained.<\/p>\n

Moscow has explicitly warned American diplomats about risks of violent strife in Ukraine and instability for the whole region linked to Kiev\u2019s ever deeper integration into the US-led bloc years before the Ukraine conflict broke out, the sources cited by Wikileaks suggest. Paris also warned Washington such a policy could lead to a war while Berlin outright opposed the idea in the 2000s, according to the documents.<\/p>\n

The report was provided by Magnus von Wangenheim, a German medic, who had spent \u201cyears dealing with Wikileaks’ publications and the treatment of its founder Julian Assange,\u201d<\/em> according to the German AcTVism NGO, which he produced video reports for as well.<\/p>\n

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Biden\u2019s NATO promise to Ukraine provoked conflict \u2013 Trump<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Paris points to dangers of war<\/h2>\n

Washington received one of the earliest warnings about the risks associated with Ukraine\u2019s NATO ambitions from France, the documents analyzed by Wikileaks suggest.<\/p>\n

A 2005 diplomatic cable reporting on a meeting between then US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried and several high-ranking French officials say Paris was worried about such a prospect.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there remained one potential cause for war in Europe, it was Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> the document said, citing French Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. The diplomat warned that Moscow already believed that the US and its allies were \u201cdoing too much\u201d<\/em> in Russia\u2019s \u201ccore zone of interest,\u201d<\/em> and warned that such actions could eventually lead to a forceful response on Russia\u2019s part.<\/p>\n

Fried admitted at that time that there was no national consensus on NATO membership within Ukraine itself, according to the same cable. He still dismissed concerns about Moscow\u2019s possible military response and a potential violent split within Ukraine over the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Russia warns of \u2018uncontrolled consequences\u2019<\/h2>\n

NATO expansion into Ukraine could jeopardize security in the entire region, Moscow warned Washington as early as in February 2008, according to a diplomatic cable by then-US ambassador to Russia, William Burns.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine conflict was \u2018provoked\u2019 \u2013 Trump adviser<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Accession to the US-led bloc could split Ukraine\u00a0\u201cinto two, leading to violence\u2026 civil war,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the document says, adding that such developments could force Moscow to intervene and take a decision it\u00a0\u201cdoes not want to take,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the diplomat said, citing Russia\u2019s position.<\/p>\n

Burns himself described Moscow\u2019s opposition to Kiev\u2019s NATO bid as\u00a0\u201cconcrete,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0adding that it engenders\u00a0\u201cserious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region\u201d<\/em>\u00a0as well as Russia\u2019s security due to\u00a0\u201cencirclement\u201d<\/em>\u00a0by the US-led bloc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cForeign Minister [Sergey] Lavrov and other senior officials have reiterated strong opposition, stressing that Russia would view further eastward expansion as a potential military threat,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the ambassador wrote at that time.<\/p>\n

Berlin calls Ukraine\u2019s NATO accession too risky<\/h2>\n

In June 2008, senior German government officials opposed the US idea of providing Kiev with a NATO membership action plan by arguing that accession to the US-led bloc \u201ccould break up the country if pushed forward too quickly,\u201d<\/em> according to another document cited by Wikileaks.<\/p>\n

Another US diplomatic document dated the same month stated that then German Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s government had \u201cgenuine reservations\u201d<\/em> about Ukraine\u2019s NATO bid and believed Washington\u2019s push for the issue was \u201cnot based on merits\u201d<\/em> but was linked to some narrow US policy goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cMerkel has demonstrated that she is ready to withstand considerable pressure\u201d<\/em> when it comes to Kiev\u2019s NATO ambitions, the document stated.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine in NATO \u2018unacceptable\u2019 \u2013 Moscow<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Washington determined to push through<\/h2>\n

The US diplomats were insistent in pursuing NATO membership for Kiev despite all the warnings from Russia and Washington\u2019s allies and were looking for ways to overcome Berlin\u2019s opposition to the idea in particular, the documents cited by Wikileaks suggest.<\/p>\n

Then US ambassador to Moscow John Beyrle stated in a 2009 cable that Washington should\u00a0\u201cpursue western integration and NATO enlargement deliberately, but quietly\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in the case of Ukraine. America could\u00a0\u201cagree to firmly disagree\u201d<\/em>\u00a0with Russia on the issue while\u00a0\u201ccontinuing our efforts to promote Ukraine\u2019s integration with the West.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A 2008 document detailing a meeting between the US and German officials stated that Washington should try and convince Berlin to change its position on the issue before the end of that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington has been long warned about the risks associated with Kiev\u2019s NATO bid but decided to push forward, a report has said Washington and its European allies have long been fully aware of potentially dire consequences their policy of encouraging Kiev\u2019s NATO ambitions could lead to, Wikileaks has said in a video report, citing a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3380,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions\/3380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}