On the eve of an alliance summit in Brussels, the entity’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, advanced the sending and deployment of additional tactical groups to those already available in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
“I hope that the leaders will agree to strengthening the position of the alliance in all domains… The first step is the deployment of four new battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.”
At that summit, NATO leaders intend to reaffirm support for Ukraine with concrete gestures.
According to Stoltenberg, NATO hopes to approve “additional support, including cybersecurity assistance, as well as equipment to help Ukraine protect itself once morest chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats.”
This same Tuesday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, said in Washington that the possibility of a Russian attack with chemical weapons in Ukraine was a “real threat”.
Stoltenberg said the use of nuclear weapons “will fundamentally change the nature of the conflict. And Russia must understand that a nuclear war must never be fought, and a nuclear war can never be won.”
For the head of the transatlantic alliance, “Russia must cease its nuclear threats. That is dangerous and irresponsible.”
In that scenario, Stoltenberg also issued a harsh warning to China, which he accused of helping to spread “lies” prepared by Russia.
“China has provided political support to Russia, including by spreading outright lies and disinformation, and allies are concerned that China will provide material support to the Russian invasion,” he said.
For this reason, the leaders of the military alliance must “call on China to fulfill its responsibilities as a member of the UN Security Council and refrain from supporting the Russian war effort” in Ukraine.
