The chilling advice came in response to comments from top British officer Sir Patrick Sanders, who said he fears Russia will be more dangerous after the conflict in Ukraine is over. In a speech on Tuesday, General Sir Patrick Sanders, the chief of general staff, said he had never seen such a clear threat to peace and democracy as the “cruel aggression” of the Russian president.
He compared the current situation to the build-up to World War II and said Britain must be ready to “act quickly” to ensure it does not get caught up in a large-scale conflict by failing to accommodate Russian expansionism. Checkers.
When asked by Mr Peston whether he agrees with Sir Patrick, the former US national security adviser said: “The lesson we have learned so far is that unprovoked aggression can work.
“People have celebrated the fact that Russia had huge problems at the beginning of the invasion.
“They have certainly made unbearable victims. On the other hand, they are waging this war in Ukraine that has been reduced to dust.
“The Russians are conquering territory. It doesn’t look like we’ve reached a conclusion at this point, and the Russian cost-benefit analysis gives them a head start when it comes to nine NATO countries.
“So I think the lesson for NATO is to make sure that no Russian has ever crossed a NATO border. It is very wise to prepare for that unforeseen situation.”
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said 25,000 Russians have been killed in Ukraine since Putin’s invasion began because he insisted the Russian war “failed.”
At the NATO summit in Madrid, Mr Wallace told LBC: “I would still say the Ukrainians are winning. They get huge sums of money from the Russian armed forces.
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“Twenty-five thousand Russians, we believe, were killed in that battle in the span of 112, 115 days. Russia has failed in all its major objectives.
“It has now been reduced to a dragging advance – a few hundred meters every few days at enormous cost in a small part of eastern Ukraine along two or three axes. That is not a win for anyone.”
However, Mr Bolton disagreed with the defense secretary, saying: “Well, Russia is winning if you define winning by gaining more ground than losing and achieving your goals.
“They may lose in the court of public opinion worldwide, but I think we will find that the court of public opinion includes Europe and the United States or elsewhere.
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