Dangling NATO Membership in Front of Kiev Will ‘Escalate Conflict’, May End in ‘Nuclear War’

France has reportedly dropped a decade-and-a-half-old objection to prospective Ukrainian membership in NATO, ostensibly in the interests of forcing Russia to the negotiating table amid Kiev’s flagging counteroffensive. Paris's move is not only foolhardy, but highly dangerous, a pair of former US military officers have told Sputnik.