By Daniel Davis
Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said recently that "the main event" of his country's ongoing offensive against Russia could occur any day. "When it happens," he warned, "you will all see it."
It is possible Reznikov and his president Volodymyr Zelensky will seek to go all-out with their offensive before the July NATO Summit in Vilnius to bolster Ukraine's goal of receiving a NATO security guarantee.
However, no matter what happens with this offensive push, under no circumstances should the United States support or extend a security guarantee — whether as part of a NATO Article 5 provision or a bilateral arrangement — to Ukraine. Doing so would make the odds of a direct military clash with nuclear-armed Russia rise to unacceptable highs, while posing an unnecessary danger to American national security.
This piece was originally published in Business Insider on July 11, 2023. Read more HERE.