BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed to further beef up its forces on its eastern flank near Ukraine but it has no intention of sending troops into Ukraine, NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. NATO did not have...
Russia's strategy is to make sure that Ukraine does not become part of NATO, and more generally does not become part of the West, Mearsheimer said. "The Americans are determined to win, the Russians are determined to win. In a situation like that, it's hard to see how you can work ...
On June 23 Ukraine was granted candidate status, an important first step on the path to membership, in the EU. NATO, decried by some as irrelevant in the 21st century, found a renewed purpose and sense of solidarity in the wake of the Russian invasion. Finland and Sweden, two countries ...
In September 2020 Zelensky approved a new national security strategy that unambiguously labeled Russia as an aggressor and identifiedNATOmembership as one of Ukraine’s key defense andforeign policygoals. Previous statements from Kyiv had left significant room for negotiation with Moscow, and Zelensky hi...
A building damaged by strikes in the town of Shebekino in Belgorod province, near the Ukrainian border, on July 2, 2023. - | Afp | Getty Images Ukraine remains typically tight-lipped about attacks against Russian territory and NATO members have asked Ukraine not to use NATO-supplied weaponry...
rockets and artillery from hitting targets in Ukraine, DIA Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier said that it would not. The U.S. has resisted calls for a no-fly zone, which would bar Russian aircraft from flying over Ukraine, because it could increase the chances of a direct NATO conflict wit...
“i think nato, and the invitation for ukraine to join nato at some point in the future, is simply just a pretext to potentially invade ukraine,” he says, referring to russia. “ukraine is not a member of nato, it doesn't have any of the nato guarantees, and so there is no hint...
Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has deeply concerned over NATO's eastward expansion of its military infrastructure towards the Russian borders, an action that NATO would continue to take. This move, he said, would not contribute to strengthening security and stability in Europe. ...
"NATO expansion was in effect a way of viewing Europe as a continent the security of which will be ensured by the military alliance, but we did not propose, meanwhile, a European architecture of security in which Russia could also have its place and say," he said. ...
"It is not an act of charity for the United States and our NATO allies to help supply the Ukrainian people's self-defense. It is a direct investment in our own core national interests," McConnell said in a statement. "America is a world power with worldwide interests. Our security and...