Crisis in Ukraine: Putin & NATO

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🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ukraine has been invaded by Russia. But why? What is NATO’s purpose, and why does it bother Vladimir Putin so much? In this episode of Warfare, we’re joined by Jamie Shea, the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary-General at NATO, who’s sat across the table from the Russian President himself. Jamie and James explore the birth of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the questions surrounding its membership, and how it impacts the current situation in Ukraine. Jamie has decades of experience working for NATO since the Cold War era, and shares incredible insights into the ups and downs of its relationship with Russia over the years.

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0:00.0	On the morning of Thursday, February 24th, President Vladimir Putin declared the start of military operations in Ukraine.
0:07.0	I decided to conduct a special military operation.
0:12.0	It aims to protect people who have been bullied and subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.
0:19.0	For that we will strive for demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine
0:27.0	and will bring to justice those who committed multiple bloody crimes against civilians,
0:31.6	including Russian citizens.
0:35.0	We urge you to lay down your arms immediately and go home.
0:40.0	I will explain, all servicemen of the Ukrainian army who comply with this requirement
0:46.0	can freely leave the area of military actions and return to their families.
0:52.0	Whoever would try to stop us and further create threats to our country,
0:56.0	to our people, should know that Russia's response will be immediate and lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your history.
1:08.3	We are ready for any outcome.
1:10.8	I'm your host James Rogers and for this episode of the Warfare Podcast I spoke to
1:14.7	former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO, Jamie Shay. Jamie is a 38-year
1:19.7	veteran of NATO. He's met Putin many times sat across the table from him discussing
1:24.4	and debating NATO-Russia relations. Jamie is the ideal person, the most
1:28.4	experienced person to tell us about what NATO actually is and why it bothers Putin so much that in theory Ukraine
1:35.4	could attempt to join.
1:37.2	This episode was recorded on Wednesday the 23rd of February the evening before these military
1:41.6	operations began.
1:43.2	But with Jamie's extensive experience as fascinated as you will be to learn about just
1:48.0	how and why relations between Putin and NATO have degraded so much over the last 20 years and what might be next on
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