said on Monday that NATO seeks to build up its military presence near the Russian borders, but the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO will not benefit these countries, and "Russia will not watch this indifferently."
It follows acoordinated appealfrom Russia's neighbors to shore up the defenses on Europe's eastern flank. The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have said Russia's invasion of Ukraine requires a fundamental change to NATO's existing military construct. The three countries, all mem...
Officials prepare to hoist the Swedish national flag during a flag raising ceremony for Sweden's accession to NATO at the North Atlantic Alliance headquarters in Brussels, on March 11, 2024. John Thys | Afp | Getty Images NATO held its accession ceremony for Sweden, the 32nd member of the ...
Belgium, on Feb. 15, 2024. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sought to further strengthen the bloc's deterrence and defence, and support to Ukraine, at its defence ministers meeting here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)
“If there are NATO detachments in those territories, these territories would become a target - or possible target - for a strike,” Polansky added. “NATO is a very unfriendly bloc to us — it is an enemy and NATO itself admitted that Russia is the enemy. It means that Finland and Sw...
"For us, it is obvious that this is a Ukrainian facility, and it is owned by Energoatom," Grossi said, according to an NBC News translation. Grossi added that he is going to Russia "very soon" to discuss the power plant. — Amanda Macias ...
"We are deploying additional defensive land and air forces to the eastern part of the alliance, as well as additional maritime assets," they added. "We have increased the readiness of our forces to respond to all contingencies."■ Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NA...
In an interview earlier Friday, Trump boasted that he was "tougher on Russia than anybody else," but added, "I still got along with Putin." Pence also took a shot at President Joe Biden's administration for being too hesitant to provide Ukraine with the supplies it needs to keep up the...
He added: “Today they destroyed the building of the main department of the State Emergency Service in the Donetsk region. Right next to this building was the place where Mariupol residents were to gather for evacuation” Earlier in the day, the mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, also issued...
“Ukraine needs security guarantees,” he told CNN. “We are smart people, we are not narrow-minded. We understand there are lots of different risks because of NATO, there is no consensus around other allies, everyone is saying there is some distance that we need to go between Ukraine and...