Posted on Feb 25, 2022
Sen. Warner says a direct NATO-Russia conflict would be 'uncharted territory'
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Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., is cautioning that a major cyberattack against Ukraine could have possible ripple effects on nearby NATO members – and force NATO allies to come to their defense.
Warner made the comments Thursday afternoon in an interview on NPR's All Things Considered.
"If you shut down Polish hospitals because they can't get power to take care of their people, you're rapidly approaching what could be viewed as an Article 5 violation of NATO, which basically says if you attack one NATO nation – and Poland is a NATO nation – all of the remaining 29 nations need to come to their assistance," he said. "We are in an uncharted territory."
Warner said he believed the Ukrainian people would continue to fight back against the Russian invasion and form an "insurgency," which would be harder for Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces to counter.
"It's again one thing to knock out a government. It's another thing to fight an insurgency led by the Ukrainian people across all of this captured territory," he said.
Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., is cautioning that a major cyberattack against Ukraine could have possible ripple effects on nearby NATO members – and force NATO allies to come to their defense.
Warner made the comments Thursday afternoon in an interview on NPR's All Things Considered.
"If you shut down Polish hospitals because they can't get power to take care of their people, you're rapidly approaching what could be viewed as an Article 5 violation of NATO, which basically says if you attack one NATO nation – and Poland is a NATO nation – all of the remaining 29 nations need to come to their assistance," he said. "We are in an uncharted territory."
Warner said he believed the Ukrainian people would continue to fight back against the Russian invasion and form an "insurgency," which would be harder for Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces to counter.
"It's again one thing to knock out a government. It's another thing to fight an insurgency led by the Ukrainian people across all of this captured territory," he said.
Sen. Warner says a direct NATO-Russia conflict would be 'uncharted territory'
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Weapons are weapons. Cyber is a weapon. Once it inflicts damage or death upon a NATO member nation Article 5 ceases to be mere words and commitment promises. The question then becomes what the response should be... Proportionate, or something more.
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Things could get very tense and I would not put it past Putin to keep pushing until he gets a response that gets NATO mobilized. I'm quite sure China is keeping a close eye on this vis a vis Taiwan.
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PO2 Marco Monsalve
At that point Article 5 is invoked, we don't have a real choice. "an attack against one ally is considered as an attack against all members."
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