NATO Chief Issues Warning of Potential for ‘Major War’ With Russia

NATO Chief Issues Warning of Potential for ‘Major War’ With Russia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures during a news conference at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on July 5, 2022. Yves Herman/Reuters
Adam Morrow
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned of a “real possibility” that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, now in its 10th month, could draw the 30-member alliance into a “major war.”

“I fear that the war in Ukraine will get out of control and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia,” Stoltenberg told Norway’s NRK television channel in a Dec. 10 interview cited by several news outlets.