Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, would not intend to enter into conflict with NATO, according to the US Department of Defense, stating that for now Russia is using the weapons it has at its disposal in an attempt to achieve its objectives, although there are chances so that this does not happen in the end.
Vladimir Putin has over 100.000 soldiers in Ukraine, and many more in Russia, but the US Defense Minister says that NATO has 1.9 million soldiers ready to fight, but also the most advanced weapons available now, and their effectiveness has been fully seen in the war in Ukraine, Russia now avoiding an open conflict.
"As you look at Putin's calculation, my view - and I'm sure the president has his own view - but my view is that Russia does not want to assume NATO as an alliance. He has a number of troops stationed in the region right now on the border with Ukraine.
And he had some in Belarus and still has there. But there are 1,9 million forces in NATO NATO has the most advanced capabilities of any alliance in the world in terms of aircraft, shups, the types of weaponry that ground forces use. So this is a fight he really doesn't want to have."
