Jens Stoltenberg, the head of NATO, told a German news outlet on Sunday that the Western countries supporting Ukraine should prepare for a “long war” because most conflicts stretch longer than first thought.
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WAR DRUMS BEATING IN SWEDEN: STOCKHOLM SEEKS BIG INCREASE IN DEFENSE SPENDING AS NATO MEMBERSHIP LOOMS
Sweden announced last week that it will increase military spending by about 30 percent in 2024 in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stating that it now faces its “most serious security situation” since WWII.
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NATO CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALLIANCE’S EXPANSION LED TO RUSSIAN INVASION
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, gave some of the history that led up to Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine—notably his alliance’s decision to continue its march eastward.
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NATO INFRINGEMENT? POLAND SENDS TROOPS TO THE BORDER AFTER ALLEGATIONS THAT MINSK VIOLATED AIRSPACE
Poland announced last week that it will send more troops to its border with Belarus after claiming that Minsk violated its airspace with military helicopters—a claim that Minsk rejected.
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RUSSIA ONCE AGAIN CALLS NATO MEMBERSHIP FOR UKRAINE ITS ULTIMATE RED LINE
Russian President Vladimir Putin told African leaders last week that Moscow will never allow Ukraine to become a member of NATO, despite bluster from the West that its membership into the anti-Russia alliance is inevitable.
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BIDEN PREPARING NATO FOR LONG WAR IN UKRAINE
President Joe Biden attended the major NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania last week and his message to current alliance members was that support for Ukraine must not waver no matter the risks.
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PUTIN: NATO/U.S. AT WAR WITH RUSSIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that NATO played a lead role in the December drone attack on military airfields in the country and even helped modify the drones used in the mission.
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WHOPPING DEFENSE BILL CONTAINS ONLY A FRACTION OF WHAT WILL REALLY BE SPENT ON UKRAINE
How focused on Ukraine was the summary document of the just-passed 2023 National Defense Authorization Act?
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PUTTING AN END TO VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY’S FOLLIES
One week ago, the Ukrainian government may have deliberately attacked neighbor Poland in an attempt to draw the NATO alliance into its war with Russia.
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UKRAINE’S ACCEPTANCE IN NATO WOULD ASSURE WWIII AND BE ‘CATASTROPHIC’ FOR MANKIND
A top Russian security official said last week that a decision by NATO to take Ukraine into the alliance would mean World War III.