{"id":13951,"date":"2026-05-30T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/30\/russia-advantage-nato-ukraine-war-scott-ritter\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:30:22","slug":"russia-advantage-nato-ukraine-war-scott-ritter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/30\/russia-advantage-nato-ukraine-war-scott-ritter\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Ritter Claims Russia Holds Upper Hand Over NATO in Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Navy intelligence officer, has stated that Russia holds a position of strength in the Ukraine war and, according to him, NATO lacks the capability to effectively withstand Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>International media, citing Sputnik, report that Ritter emphasized the Ukraine war has entered a new phase with Russia achieving advances on the battlefield. He warned that the current situation could lead to &#8220;very frightening&#8221; developments.<\/p>\n<p>The analyst believes Russia&#8217;s economy remains stable, while Moscow is simultaneously pursuing active diplomacy on the international stage. He added that Russia, by adopting a multipolar strategy, seeks to reduce US hegemony and holds the upper hand politically and economically.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter further described NATO as &#8220;very weak,&#8221; claiming the military alliance faces limitations in resources and capabilities. He predicted that ultimately, Russia will emerge victorious in this war.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukraine conflict, which began in 2022, continues to be one of the most significant geopolitical disputes worldwide, with assessments about its outcome varying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Ritter says Russia holds the advantage over NATO in the Ukraine war, predicting a Russian victory amid geopolitical tensions and economic stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}