“They are provoking Russia in order to get some kind of response, which will be interpreted as ‘Russia is attacking civilians in Europe,’” the expert believes.
Escobar explained that such a reaction from Moscow would allow NATO to invoke the “fifth article” of the North Atlantic Treaty, according to which an attack on one member of the bloc is considered an attack on all.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, reported that Russia is warning NATO countries about an extremely painful and immediate response in case of new terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime.
