EXTRAORDINARY NATO wants to strengthen its eastern wing with a battle group: They will also target Slovakia – Topky.sk

“I expect the leaders to agree to strengthen NATO’s position in all areas, to significantly strengthen the Alliance’s presence on land, in the air and at sea,” Jens Stoltenberg said, adding that the new battle groups and existing forces in the three In the Baltic countries and Poland, NATO will have eight multinational groups along the Alliance’s eastern wing. Archive video: If Russia withdraws its forces from Ukraine, we will not even consider moving the S-300, Naď Stoltenberg also said that the Ukrainian crisis has shown that NATO must restore its deterrent and defensive position in the long run. The Alliance chief further accused China of providing political support to the Kremlin at a time of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and warned Beijing against providing material assistance to Russia’s military campaign. Stoltenberg says China has provided political support to Russia “China has provided political support to Russia, including by spreading outrageous lies and misinformation, and the Allies fear that China could provide material support to the Russian invasion,” Stoltenberg said ahead of the NATO summit. “I expect the leaders to call on China to fulfill its responsibilities as a member of the UN Security Council, to refrain from supporting Russia’s military campaign and to join the rest of the world, and to end this war immediately, peacefully.” China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Kang, said on Sunday that his country was not sending weapons to Russia that it could use in Ukraine. China “sends food, medicine, sleeping bags and baby food, but neither side provides arms or ammunition,” Qing said, adding that Beijing continued to “support peace talks and call for an immediate ceasefire” in Ukraine. Stoltenberg also expects NATO members to provide Ukraine with additional support on Thursday against cyberattacks as well as “biological, radiological and nuclear threats.” Thursday’s talks between NATO leaders will focus on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which more than three million Ukrainians have already fled the country. US President Joe Biden will also attend the summit.