Russia was warned by NATO on Tuesday once morest any use of chemical weapons in the midst of a conflict with Ukraine. The alliance said Moscow was using “pretexts” to use a chemical weapon.
During a press conference, the head of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, claimed that “Russia is making absurd accusations regarding biological laboratories and chemical weapons in Ukraine”, claiming that it is is “one more lie”.
The Norwegian added his concern that Moscow might organize a clandestine, false flag operation, possibly including chemical weapons,” he added.
This NATO statement comes as a meeting of Alliance Defense Ministers is scheduled for Wednesday and is expected to discuss the situation between Russia and Ukraine.
NATO had announced a few days earlier that it did not intend to admit Ukraine as a member, despite requests from the Ukrainian president.
“Using chemical weapons would be a violation of the treaty on the prohibition of chemical weapons to which Russia is a signatory”, recalled Mr. Stoltenberg, stressing that “Russia has already used chemical agents once morest political opponents in the past”. , no doubt referring to Alexei Navalny.
“Creating a pretext to use a chemical weapon is unacceptable. The price would be very high, but I don’t want to speculate on NATO’s military response,” the Alliance representative added.
Despite having responded unfavorably to kyiv’s request, NATO member countries are currently strengthening their defenses on its eastern flank with the activation for the first time of its rapid reaction force, and the deployment of Patriot anti-missile systems by the United States in Poland and by Germany and the Netherlands in Slovakia, explained Jens Stoltenberg.
“Several hundred thousand soldiers are on high alert and more than 100,000 American soldiers are present in Europe,” he warned.
On Wednesday, “the ministers of defense will have to take decisions for concrete measures in the longer term, such as the dispatch of significant reinforcements, the pre-positioning of equipment, the deployment of air and cyber defense systems”, a- he added, not mentioning the organization of an extraordinary Alliance summit next week in Brussels, while US President Joe Biden is due to visit Europe at the same time.
