Alternative bilateral and multilateral agreements outside of NATO could provide sufficient sophisticated weapons and military capabilities to Ukraine to make it militarily powerful and invulnerable, deterring Russian invasion without absolute commitment to send NATO forces.
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Bob GatesEvidence Quote
“there may be bilateral arrangements there may be some multilateral agreements outside of NATO uh that do not represent absolute commitments to send our own forces but provides a sufficient level of very sophisticated weapons and capabilities to Ukraine that make it so militarily powerful and so militarily uh invulnerable that the Russians are deterred from from ever invading again.”
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Robert M. Gates on Ukraine, China and the international order (Full Stream 2/1)— Washington Post LiveCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:02:47 AM
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