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{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}

{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}

As published in the''[[Washington Post]]'' on May 9, 2023, the 78th anniversary of [[Victory Day]] commemorating the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] by [[Russia]], "The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed NATO, but then you have to remember the war didn’t start in 2022…The war started in 2014."<ref>[https://archive.is/0wj8w Opinion  Editorial Board interview: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg], By the ''Washington Post'' Editorial Board, May 9, 2023.</ref>

As published in the''[[Washington Post]]'' on May 9, 2023, the 78th anniversary of [[Victory Day]] commemorating the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] by [[Russia]], Stoltenberg said "The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed NATO, but then you have to remember the war didn’t start in 2022…The war started in 2014."<ref>[https://archive.is/0wj8w Opinion  Editorial Board interview: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg], By the ''Washington Post'' Editorial Board, May 9, 2023.</ref>

[[File:Stoltenberg LGBT.PNG|left|250px|thumb|NATO General Secretary and LGBT activist Jens Stoltenberg (center).]]

[[File:Stoltenberg LGBT.PNG|left|250px|thumb|NATO General Secretary and LGBT activist Jens Stoltenberg (center).]]

In early December 2021 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed 125,000 troops against the 15,000 [[Donbas]] militia forces.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref>  At the same time, the [[Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe]] (OSCE) reported more frequent use of heavy weapons, prohibited under the [[Minsk Agreements]], by the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) against the regions which had declared their independence from the U.S.-backed Kiev [[puppet regime]].<ref>https://www.sott.net/article/464961-How-the-Western-Press-has-for-years-hidden-Ukraines-neo-nazi-war-on-Donbass?</ref>  In late December 2021 [[Jake Sullivan]], who was already at work planning the terror attack on the Nordstream pipeline,<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream</ref> said a four-week window was left to prevent war and that if it were to happen the sanctions against Russia "would be overwhelming, immediate and inflict significant cost on the Russian economy and their financial system."<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/politics/joe-biden-russia-ukraine-obama-2014/index.html</ref>  Germany had called upon the US not to impose sanctions, insisting that doing so will "damage transatlantic unity", ''Axios'' reported,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/germany-nord-stream-sanctions-congress-ukraine-4d28940b-dc3b-4b19-9d16-c122da6d113c.html Scoop: Germany urges Congress not to sanction Putin’s pipeline], Zachary Basu, ''Axios'', Nov 28, 2021.</ref> citing newly obtained German documents dated November 19, 2021 and marked as "classified":

In early December 2021 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed 125,000 troops against the 15,000 [[Donbas]] militia forces.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref>  At the same time, the [[Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe]] (OSCE) reported more frequent use of heavy weapons, prohibited under the [[Minsk Agreements]], by the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] (AFU) against the regions which had declared their independence from the U.S.-backed Kiev [[puppet regime]].<ref>https://www.sott.net/article/464961-How-the-Western-Press-has-for-years-hidden-Ukraines-neo-nazi-war-on-Donbass?</ref>  In late December 2021 [[Jake Sullivan]], who was already at work planning the terror attack on the Nordstream pipeline,<ref>https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream</ref> said a four-week window was left to prevent war and that if it were to happen the sanctions against Russia "would be overwhelming, immediate and inflict significant cost on the Russian economy and their financial system."<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/politics/joe-biden-russia-ukraine-obama-2014/index.html</ref>  Germany had called upon the US not to impose sanctions, insisting that doing so will "damage transatlantic unity", ''Axios'' reported,<ref>[https://www.axios.com/germany-nord-stream-sanctions-congress-ukraine-4d28940b-dc3b-4b19-9d16-c122da6d113c.html Scoop: Germany urges Congress not to sanction Putin’s pipeline], Zachary Basu, ''Axios'', Nov 28, 2021.</ref> citing newly obtained German documents dated November 19, 2021 and marked as "classified":