NATO

2022 - 3 - 25

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Biden: (Department of Defense)

Biden participated in an extraordinary summit meeting at the alliance headquarters, just one month after Russian President Vladimir Putin broke the peace of ...

The nations are also sanctioning more than 300 members of the Russian Duma, oligarchs and defense companies that fuel the Russian war machine, he said. All this happened and the meeting today was put in place to build on these efforts. "First was to support Ukraine with military and humanitarian assistance."

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Biden meets with NATO allies amid Russia's war in Ukraine (Los Angeles Times)

President Biden is in Europe meeting with NATO, G-7 and European leaders, preparing for scenarios if Russia's war in Ukraine escalates.

Biden told reporters that leaders discussed expelling Russia from the Group of 20 major economies, which is scheduled to meet later this year in Indonesia, and that he favors the move. Calling the coming days “a tipping-point phase of conflict” because Russia may be encountering difficulties on the ground while Ukraine is fighting hard but desperate for more aid, Scheffer said NATO countries needed to “accelerate our support before it’s too late. It has also served as the impetus for reinvigorating a transatlantic alliance that, some seven decades after World War II, had seemed to be losing its focus and shared purpose. NATO agreed Thursday that it would provide Ukraine with detection and protective equipment, medical support and training for decontamination and crisis management in the event of a Russian chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack, Stoltenberg said. During his 30-minute news conference ahead of the third and final meeting with European Union leaders, Biden clarified that NATO “will respond” if Putin uses chemical weapons. When questioned by reporters, the president expressed guarded optimism that Beijing would ultimately realize that a neutral posture would better serve its own strategic interests. Perhaps as many as 15,000 Russian troops have been killed by Ukraine’s military and resistance fighters, who on Wednesday halted the eastern advance on the capital, Kyiv, and pushed back Russian forces several miles. “The world is waiting. The response is yours.” “Putin can’t afford to lose this struggle. Ukraine is waiting. President Biden and leaders of NATO allies agreed to double the organization’s troop presence in Eastern Europe during a flurry of wartime summitry Thursday in Brussels, an effort to keep the alliance united in its effort to isolate and punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

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NATO leaders OK boost to forces, will send chemical defense gear ... (New York Post)

President Biden and other leaders of the NATO alliance gathered in Brussels Thursday to plot the next steps in their response to Russia's invasion of ...

“Allies do what they can to support Ukraine with weapons so Ukraine can defend themselves,” he said. “So we have eight multinational NATO groups now, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.” “We are determined to do all we can to support Ukraine and I welcome the concrete offers of assistance made by allies today.”

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The NATO leaders will address the need for a reset of Allied ... (NATO HQ)

Arriving at the extraordinary NATO Summit on Thursday (24 March 2022), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the NATO leaders will address the most ...

Underlining that NATO’s core task is to protect and defend all Allies, the Secretary General said: “the NATO leaders will today address the need for a reset of our deterrence and defence in the longer term.” He explained today’s meeting will focus on continued Allied support to Ukraine and announced that President Zelenskyy will address NATO leaders. The NATO leaders will address the need for a reset of Allied deterrence and defence

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NATO says concerned Russia may be preparing pretext for chemical ... (WTVB News)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia may be trying to create a pretext for the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by accusing the United States and its allies ...

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As emergency NATO summit begins, Zelensky pleads for aid (PBS NewsHour)

Ukrainian Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for "military assistance without limitations" during an address to an emergency NATO summit ...

Poland and other eastern flank NATO countries will also be seeking clarity on how the U.S. and fellow European nations can assist in dealing with their growing concerns about Russian aggression as well as a spiraling refugee crisis. The bloc is looking at ways to reduce its dependence on Russian gas by diversifying suppliers. Scholz is facing pressure from environmental activists to quickly wean Germany off Russian energy, but he said the process will have to be gradual. The energy crisis exacerbated by the war will be a particularly hot topic at the European Council summit, where leaders from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece are hoping for an urgent, coordinated bloc-wide response. White House officials said that both the U.S. and NATO have been working on contingency planning should Russia deploy nonconventional weaponry. A U.S. official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said Western nations were discussing the possibility of providing anti-ship weapons amid concerns that Russia will launch amphibious assaults along the Black Sea coast. The U.S. will also work with other Western nations to ensure gold reserves held by Russia’s central bank are subject to existing sanctions. “One percent of all your planes, one percent of all your tanks,” Zelensky asked members of the NATO alliance. With Russia facing increasing international isolation, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also warned China against coming to Moscow’s rescue. “They don’t respect any rules,” Marin told reporters. The leaders spent Thursday crafting their next steps to counter Russia’s month-old invasion — and huddling over how they might respond should Putin deploy chemical, biological or even a nuclear weapon. Finland announced Thursday it would send more military equipment to Ukraine, its second shipment in about three weeks.

Statement from President Biden on the Extraordinary NATO Summit ... (The White House)

NATO leaders met today on the one-month anniversary of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine to reiterate our strong support for the.

Between now and the NATO summit in June, we will develop plans for additional forces and capabilities to strengthen NATO’s defenses. Immediately after Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, we activated NATO’s defensive plans and the NATO Response Force. The United States has surged thousands of forces and additional capabilities to Europe, and we have welcomed the new deployments made by our Allies. Today’s establishment of four new battle groups in Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary is a strong signal that we will collectively defend and protect every inch of NATO territory. We will adopt an updated Strategic Concept to ensure NATO is ready to meet any challenge in the new and more dangerous security environment.

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NATO boosts defenses in Europe, says it faces 'gravest threat' to its ... (CNBC)

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the leaders of the US-led military alliance pose ...

As well as the extraordinary NATO summit taking place in Brussels there are meetings of EU leaders and the G-7. The governor attached stills and a video, which have not been verified, that he claimed showed buildings destroyed in the attack. "Today NATO leaders agreed to reset our deterrents and defense for the longer term to face a new security reality. Further details would be decided at the alliance's next summit in June, Stoltenberg said. At sea, we will have carrier strike groups, submarines and significant numbers of combat ships on a persistent basis," he added, with members also set to strengthen their cyber defenses. - As well as the extraordinary NATO summit taking place in Brussels there are meetings of EU leaders and the G-7.

NATO agrees to bolster eastern flank, increase aid to Ukraine (unknown)

NATO to send more battle groups to eastern Europe and will boost Ukraine's defence against potential chemical attack.

“It’s quite remarkable how things have been put together,” Szewczyk said. We have seen this use of a pretext to do the same themselves,” Stoltenberg said. “There is a risk that it will affect people living in NATO countries because we can see contamination and the spread of chemical agents into our countries,” Stoltenberg said. In his address to NATO, Zelenskyy accused Russia of having used phosphorous bombs on civilians. NATO to send more battle groups to eastern Europe and will boost Ukraine’s defence against potential chemical attack. NATO to send more battle groups to eastern Europe and will boost Ukraine’s defence against potential chemical attack.

Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government (unknown)

We condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms. We call on President Putin to immediately stop this war and withdraw military forces ...

In line with our commitment in Article 3 of the Washington Treaty, we will further strengthen our individual and collective capacity to resist all forms of attack. We remain united and resolute in our determination to oppose Russia’s aggression, aid the government and the people of Ukraine, and defend the security of all Allies. The steps we are taking to ensure the security of our Alliance and of the Euro-Atlantic area will require adequate resourcing. We will now accelerate NATO’s transformation for a more dangerous strategic reality, including through the adoption of the next Strategic Concept in Madrid. In light of the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades, we will also significantly strengthen our longer term deterrence and defence posture and will further develop the full range of ready forces and capabilities necessary to maintain credible deterrence and defence. We are increasing the resilience of our societies and our infrastructure to counter Russia’s malign influence. We are enhancing our cyber capabilities and defences, providing support to each other in the event of cyber-attacks. We reaffirm our unwavering support for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders extending to its territorial waters. We call on all states, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC), to uphold the international order including the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, as enshrined in the UN Charter, to abstain from supporting Russia’s war effort in any way, and to refrain from any action that helps Russia circumvent sanctions. We are also establishing four additional multinational battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. We are taking all measures and decisions to ensure the security and defence of all Allies across all domains and with a 360-degree approach. We reaffirm our commitment to NATO’s Open Door Policy under Article 10 of the Washington Treaty. We support Ukraine’s efforts to achieve peace, and those undertaken diplomatically by Allies to weigh in on Russia to end the war and relieve human suffering. We call on Russia to engage constructively in credible negotiations with Ukraine to achieve concrete results, starting with a sustainable ceasefire and moving towards a complete withdrawal of its troops from Ukrainian territory.

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