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In case of "hybrid war" of NATO, they intend to unleash the art. 5 of the Statute of the Collective Defense . This could also be the case in the case of an armed attack, revealed the communique of the Summit of the Alliance of 11 and 12 July in Brussels, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Alliance is ready to help each ally during any stage of the hybrid campaign . In particular, the North Atlantic Council may adopt a decision to trigger the art. 5 of the Washington Treaty as well as in the case of an armed attack
Recall, Art. 5 of the Statute of the Covenant states: "in the armed attack of one of the parties to the treaty or of several of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an aggression on all."
Earlier than the Alliance declared, that Russia conducted a provocative activity at the border of the NATO countries . This activity includes "the deployment of modern missiles in Kaliningrad, a repeated violation of NATO airspace and the continued deployment of military power in Crimea," said the Russian agency citing the Russian Agency
. of NATO worried about "significant investments of Russia in the modernization of its strategic forces ", as well as "unannounced conduct of large-scale military exercises"
At the same time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he did not see an imminent threat to members of the military bloc . "We see a Russia all the more confident that it is using force against its neighbors," he said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that NATO knew perfectly well the absence of offensive plans.
but only used the same amount of money. opportunity to deploy more equipment and battalions near Russian borders. NATO
The information was also reported by a representative of the White House
