“We won’t be scared off. Russian nuclear declarations are reckless and hazardous, and they are aware that using nuclear weapons against Ukraine would have serious repercussions.”
The Russian war on Ukraine has clearly escalated since Moscow declared that it would include a number of Ukrainian regions, started partial military mobilisation, and threatened to use nuclear weapons, according to the alliance. This is the first significant meeting of the alliance since those developments.
Stoltenberg said that the alliance would closely monitor the annual nuclear training in Russia as it has done for decades, and it will remain vigilant, “especially in light of the hidden threats and the dangerous statements that we witnessed from the Russian side. ”
Stoltenberg Moscow threatened “grave consequences” if a nuclear weapon of any kind was deployed against Ukraine, but it withheld specifics regarding the nature of the alliance’s potential retaliation.
We won’t discuss our response here, but it will fundamentally alter the dynamics of the conflict, he continued. It will signify that a crucial separation barrier has been crossed. Even a modest nuclear weapon would be extremely risky to use.
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Any nuclear attack on Ukraine will be followed by a response, not a nuclear response, but a strong response from the military side that the Russian army will perish.
However, he called the Russian threats “reckless and irresponsible,” refraining from commenting on the nature of the alliance’s response in such situation.
“I read the indicators and warnings, and I do not see any need to change what we are doing today,” he stated during a press conference.
On Thursday, 14 member states in NATO joined Germany, as part of an initiative called “European Space Shield”, aimed at acquiring anti -aircraft and missile defense equipment jointly.
The addition of the new weapons to the NATO air defence will greatly improve our capacity to protect the alliance from any air and missile threats.
He added: “This commitment is currently important, as we are witnessing harsh and random Russian missile attacks in Ukraine that resulted in the killing of civilians and the destruction of vital infrastructure. “.
NATO: We will not be intimidated by Russia’s nuclear threats.
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