Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has emphasized that any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine “will change the nature of the conflict” and “would have serious consequences”, although he has avoided going into detail about what those consequences would be.
The advancing Ukrainian troops in the south of the country, the pro-Russian authorities to evacuate civilians from the annexed Kherson regionwhile Russia has continued to attack several provinces with missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, to which NATO has promised Kiev “hundreds” of anti-drone jammers. Meanwhile, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberghas emphasized that any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine will be to “change the nature of the conflict” and “would have” serious consequencesalthough he has avoided going into detail about what those consequences would be.
In this context, in Kherson, “every day the cities of the region are subjected to rocket attacks, which in the first place cause serious damage to the inhabitants,” said pro-Russian interim governor Vladimir Saldo, explaining that he has decided to “organize the opportunity for families to travel to other regions of Russia”.
Balance has turned to the authorities in Moscow to “ask for help to organize such work”, after which the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Jusnulin, has promised the evacuees free housing.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodímir Zelensky told the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which passed a resolution recognizing Russia as a terrorist state, that Ukraine only covers 10% of its anti-aircraft needs. NATO has responded and pledged to hand it over to Ukraine “Hundreds” of jammers to neutralize Iranian and Russian dronessaid Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who also said Spain announced it would deliver four HAWK rocket launchers to Ukraine.
“Serious Consequences”, When Using Nuclear Weapons
Stoltenberg himself has avoided explaining in detail what NATO’s response would be to a Russian nuclear attackalthough he has stressed that any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine “will change the nature of the conflict” and “would have serious consequences”.
“This is something that Russia knows, it has been communicated to Russia in various ways. We are not going to say exactly how we will respond, but it will fundamentally change the nature of the conflict,” the NATO political leader warned in a press. conference after the meeting of the allied defense ministers. “We take these threats seriously. We remain vigilant and will not be intimidated,” he emphasized.
On the kind of response NATO would give, Stoltenberg has indicated that the Alliance’s nuclear weapons are used in very specific scenarios: “The basis of NATO’s nuclear deterrent is to keep the peace and avoid aggression and actions against allies, the use of nuclear weapons are extremely distant,” he said.
Along this line, the defense ministers of fourteen European NATO countries, in addition to Finland, have signed a letter of intent for the development of a “European Sky Shield Initiative”; it is a German-led project to protect Europe from missile attacks.
The fourteen NATO allies they have formed are Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Romania, while Finland, a country in the Atlantic Alliance, has also joined.
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Source: EITB
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