NATO
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Vladimir Putin has described the idea that Russia would carry out attacks on NATO states as “complete nonsense”. In a speech to Russian air force pilots last night, he said the country had “no aggressive intentions” towards countries such as Poland or the Baltics states. “The idea that we will attack some other country –…
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Russia’s ambassador to Poland did not attend the foreign ministry in Warsaw today despite being summoned to do so. Poland has demanded an explanation from Moscow after one of its missiles briefly entered Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine in the early hours of yesterday. Defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the airspace…
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Poland has demanded an explanation from Russia after reporting one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine. The Polish foreign ministry intends to summon the Russian ambassador, after the incident prompted the NATO member to activate F-16 fighter jets. The missile was part of Russia’s third big…
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NATO’s first tactical air base in the Western Balkans was inaugurated in Albania on Monday. President Bajram Begaj said at the opening ceremony that Kucova Tactical Air Base is the result of the cooperation, solidarity, coordination and coordination between the allies and the care Albania pays to security and defense. “Together, from this air base,…
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The Baltic states have an urgent message for the UK and other NATO allies about the threat posed by Russia: “Wake up! It won’t stop in Ukraine.” Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are teaching more of their citizens how to fight and have even announced plans to build a defensive line, including bunkers, along hundreds of miles of border that…
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Vladimir Putin’s decision to return to the rhetoric of nuclear threats has been the focus of significant analysis since his speech. Russia expert Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies thinktank, is among those who believe the Russian president’s statements will be viewed with a degree…
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Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson has responded after Vladimir Putin warned that Western involvement in the conflict risked provoking a nuclear war. The Russian president’s remarks followed a suggestion this week that sending NATO troops to Ukraine could not be ruled out. “[Western nations] must realise that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their…
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More European leaders are reacting this morning to Emmanuel Macron refusing to rule out the idea that Western troops could be sent to Ukraine. Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said Budapest was not willing to send Kyiv weapons or troops and that its stance on the matter was “rock solid”. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
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A Russian drone crossed the border with Moldova overnight and flew for “several tens of kilometres” before entering Ukraine’s airspace, the Ukrainian military has claimed. The route was “provocatively directed” by Russian forces “along a trajectory crossing the Ukrainian-Moldovan section of the state border in the Odesa region”, Ukraine’s southern defence forces said in a Telegram post.…
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Sweden’s accession to NATO marks a “dramatic and historical shift” of its security policy and means the alliance can “project force more effectively across Scandinavia”, a defence and security thinktank has said. Stockholm cleared the final hurdle to joining NATO yesterday as Hungary dropped its opposition after months of delays. Dr Neil Melvin, director of international security at…
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The White House has welcomed Hungary’s decision to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO. “We would like to welcome Sweden alongside Finland into the NATO alliance very, very soon,” spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said tonight. She went on to urge the Hungarian government to quickly complete the process to allow Sweden’s entry into NATO. Earlier today, Hungary’s…
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The process of Swedish accession to NATO has been unseemly and laborious, but the final outcome will be all that counts in the minds of NATO leaders and commanders. Vladimir Putin claimed he started this war to counter NATO’s expansion to the east. It has had the opposite effect. Two countries that had been proudly…
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The UK is backing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte to be the next head of NATO, MEZIESBLOG understands. Jens Stoltenberg, who has been secretary general of the alliance since 2014, is expected to step down this year after repeatedly having his time in charge extended. All allies have to agree on his successor in what…
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Sensitive defense information could have been leaked to Russia during the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, with Germany’s prosecutor general now on the case, Bild has reported. The alleged disclosure presumably happened in 2018, with classified data apparently made available to anyone on the website of a regional mining authority. Built to…
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Ukraine will not be able to operate multiple types of Western warplanes due to immense logistical issues and will need to focus on US-made F-16 fighter jets, a spokesman for the Air Force has admitted. Speaking on national TV on Monday, Yury Ignat was asked whether Kiev could potentially start flying French fighters after signing…
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The US reiterated its full support to NATO as Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin spoke to the alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg ahead of Thursday’s NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Brussels. “They discussed the positive outcomes related to today’s virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, the critical role NATO plays in ensuring Transatlantic security, and…
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