Ukraine-Russia, NATO: “Putin stops war and withdraws military forces”

“We condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms. We ask President Putin to stop this war immediately and withdraw military forces from Ukraine and we ask Belarus to put an end to its complicity.” Thus the NATO leaders in the final declaration of the extraordinary summit in Brussels, who ask Russia to put an end to the war “by immediately implementing a ceasefire”. The request to Moscow is therefore to engage in a “constructive” and “credible” way in a negotiation with Kiev to obtain “concrete results”. Read also “The rhetorical escalation” of Russian President Vladimir Putin is “irresponsible and destabilizing”, say the heads of state and government of the Atlantic Alliance. NATO leaders also say that Russia’s attack on Ukraine “threatens world security” and that “the assault on international standards makes the world less secure”. For NATO leaders, “any” use of chemical or biological weapons by Russia would be “unacceptable” and would lead to “serious consequences”. NATO also calls on all states, including China, to support the international order and “refrain from supporting the Russian war effort in any way” and refrain from “any action that helps Russia circumvent sanctions”, what is stated in the declaration of the heads of state and government of the Atlantic Alliance. The NATO heads of state and government therefore decided today to “accelerate efforts” to fulfill the commitment made in increasing defense spending “in its entirety”, underlining that the actions taken to “guarantee the security of the Alliance and the Euro-Atlantic area will require adequate resources “. The allies, the statement read, are “substantially increasing defense spending”. At the summit scheduled in Madrid, “additional plans” will be presented to implement commitments regarding military spending. STOLTENBERG: “NATO WILL PROVIDE LETHAL WEAPONS AND DRONES” – NATO allies “do what they can to help Ukraine defend itself. At the same time, we have a responsibility to prevent this conflict from turning into a war in Europe, not only between Ukraine and Russia, but between NATO allies and Russia. It would be more dangerous and more devastating “. Thus, at a press conference in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg responds to the requests for military aid formulated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Today, Stoltenberg adds, “we all listened to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. NATO allies provide significant support to Ukraine: we also provide lethal weapons, advanced systems capable of shooting down aircraft and attacking tanks, anti-tank weapons and other systems. , including drones “. NATO will therefore provide” assistance and equipment to help Ukraine against biological, chemical, nuclear radiological threats “. This aid “may include detection, protection, medical supplies, as well as training for decontamination and crisis management,” he explains. The leaders of NATO countries also “have agreed to redouble their efforts to meet investment pledges. in defense made in 2014 “, ie to bring military spending to at least 2% of GDP by 2024.” The allies will present additional plans on how to fulfill those promises in time for the Madrid summit in June and I welcome the fact that a number of countries today announced plans to significantly increase defense spending, “he continues. NATO allies, he adds,” are also coordinating their efforts in energy security. meeting “of today’s leaders, to see” how to diversify sources of supply and how to reduce dependence “on Russia. NATO’s” message “to China is that” it should uni rs to the rest of the world and clearly condemn the brutal war against Ukraine and not support Russia either economically or militarily “, explains Stoltenberg.