NATO chief calls Putin's nuclear readiness move "dangerous rhetoric"

20:34, 27.02.2022

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for his country’s deterrence forces – including nuclear arms – to be placed on high alert, part of a “dangerous rhetoric.”

In an interview with CNN, the NATO chief said, “If you combine this rhetoric with what they’re doing on the ground in Ukraine, waging war against an independent sovereign nation, conducting a fully-fledged invasion of Ukraine, this adds to the seriousness of the situation.”

“That’s the reason why we both provide support to Ukraine, but also why we over the last weeks and months have significantly increased the presence of NATO in the eastern part Alliance, the US but also European allies are now stepping up with more troops, more ships, more planes, and why we also have to realize that we are now faced with a new normal for our security,” Jens Stoltenberg continued.

He added that “just the beginning of the adaptation that we need to do as response to a much more aggressive Russia.”

By - Marika Kartozia

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