I considered it an illusion that the status of a candidate for NATO membership would protect Georgia and Ukraine from Putin's aggression and that Putin would passively accept the events - Angela Merkel

I considered it an illusion to assume that the status of a candidate for NATO membership would protect Ukraine and Georgia from Putin's aggression, this status would have such a deterrent effect that Putin would accept the events passively, - the former German chancellor said about this It is said in the memoirs, excerpts from which were published by Die Zeit...