NATO member states have military personnel stationed at their respective embassies in Kiev performing advisory functions, the military alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told MSNBC News.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's commitment for Kiev to eventually join NATO but held back commitments ahead of the alliance’s annual summit, which will take place in Washington in July.
Active and former military personnel from NATO countries have long been operating in Ukraine, overseeing Kiev’s use of West-supplied weapons, El Pais has reported.
Moscow is well aware of NATO’s bids to court post-Soviet republics in the South Caucasus, but the bloc’s overtures will bring no benefit to the region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
Russia doesn’t want a direct conflict either with the United States or NATO, according to a report presented by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during US Senate Intelligence Committee hearings.
NATO could face a serious risk of the US leaving the alliance if Donald Trump is re-elected as the US president in November, the Telegraph has reported, citing several diplomats from the bloc’s member states. Europe’s NATO countries should develop some strategy to deal with the consequences of such an eventuality and reconsider the bloc’s defense capabilities, they warned.
The German government has prepared a model for a potential Russian attack on NATO, Bild has reported. According to the tabloid, authorities in Berlin have described four distinct phases, culminating in potential nuclear strikes on NATO member states.
A direct military conflict between NATO and Moscow will be inevitable if Western forces are sent to Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
The UK, Germany, Finland and Sweden all spoke up on Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that Western troops could be deployed to Ukraine amid Russia's military operation.
French President Emmanuel Macron has argued that the deployment of forces to Ukraine by NATO members and other allies cannot be ruled out because Western powers must stop at nothing to ensure that Moscow does not defeat Kiev’s forces.
Ukraine will be free to use F-16 fighter jets it will receive from NATO against military targets 'inside Russia', or beyond Kiev's borders, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told RFE/RL in an interview.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has claimed that the North Atlantic Alliance is militarily stronger than Russia, although its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revealed certain shortcomings.
Former US President Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about NATO members’ failure to pay their share of the bloc’s defense costs put the whole alliance at risk, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned in a statement.
The North Atlantic Alliance's plans to hold the Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise near Russian borders are provocative, increase the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has cautioned at a briefing.
US President Joe Biden has informed congressional leaders that he plans to formally notify the Congress of the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey as soon as Ankara completes the NATO ratification process for Sweden, Reuters reported citing a US official.
The Turkish parliament has voted to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid, bringing the Nordic country one step closer to joining the military alliance after months of delays amid the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The US-led NATO bloc must prepare for a major conflict with Russia, which would require mass mobilization of civilians as well as the rapid expansion of industrial output to sustain the war effort, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, the chair of the NATO Military Committee, has stated.
Warplanes supplied by NATO member states to Ukraine will be a legitimate targets for Moscow, increasing the risks of a direct military clash with the alliance, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.
NATO has promised to develop a roadmap toward Ukraine’s “full interoperability” with the bloc’s militaries. While Kiev has welcomed the announcement, it fell dramatically short of the membership invitation that Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought earlier this year.
