A NATO war with Russia is 'the worst-case scenario, but it is not impossible,' Czech General Karel Rehka said.
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"They intend to transform a local conflict into a phase of global confrontation," he added, referring to the dispute over the Donbas which Russia and its local proxies ignited in 2014."This is exactly how we understand it all, and we will react accordingly because in this case, we are talking about the existence of our country."
There appears no hope of détente. Pavel Luzin, a Russian political analyst and visiting scholar at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, told:"Dialogue is not only hardly possible, but any dialogue with Moscow today would be a strategic mistake."
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