By David Pugliese
Defence Watch
Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, says his country will request that it be allowed to join NATO. If Ukraine were part of NATO at the time of the Russian military action, alliance nations including Canada would have been obliged to come to its aid in fighting off Russian forces that had entered the country.
Since Ukraine is not a member of the 28-member NATO, it does not fall under the military protection of the alliance.
Two ways to look at that, according to defence analysts. One is that NATO and Canada dodged a bullet in not having to go …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
