one such step, which i believe is vital, is the approval of sweden's accession to the alliance. a call on congress to welcome sweden and finland into nato, to countries which have incredible military might, and which are interoperable already in our alliance. i am glad that finland is now squarely in line for nato, and today, while i am encouraged by the hungarian parliament, and the fact that they have scheduled a vote of the matter, i continue to call on hungarian and turkish allies to approve the application, expeditiously, with sweden's approval soon, to ensure that we remain united in our response to russia's invasion of said ukraine. i would also call for increased defense spending. vladimir has already made his imperialistic fantasies known, when a series of letters and memos exchanged in the u.s. and russia prior to the full-scale invasion of ukraine, russia requested the u.s. prevent further eastward expansion of nato, and the disarming of 50% of current nato countries capabilities, and also, making direct threats to members of the alliance. we must take the threat seri

the alliance legislative advisory body. our meeting in luxembourg i was moved and gratified to hear firsthand from our friends at this, that the alliance commitment to an independent, sovereign, and victorious ukraine remains absolutely ironclad but equally important, our nato partners made it clear to us, that they understand the need to put real skin in the game. i know that this has been addressed previously, but, as we discussed, in luxembourg, at the nato parliament, spending 2% of gdp on defense should be a floor, not a ceiling, for each member of the alliance. i hope that nato makes that case to our partners during the vilnius summit. the world is a safer place when nato is a strong, capable, and ready. in addition to the shortcomings that many nato members face on their overall defense spending, several also lag in their bilateral support for ukraine. deputy assistant secretary cooper, which countries could and should provide more assistance to ukraine, and how does the biden administration engage with them to ensur

i would not define vilnius what about the final point regarding ukraine's membership in the alliance the impossibility of changing anything after independence and not even having to wait for washington's decision, that's exactly what our future membership in the alliance involves systematic and long-term work. and you know when i oh just oh now i look at all these discussions and remember the discussions in 2019, when we insisted with our colleagues from the european solidarity party that the government already in the 19th year should have submitted an application for the summit in london at the end of the 19th year about membership i remember very well how the then vice prime minister today, the minister of foreign affairs said , well, he expressed himself so harshly in the press and talked about the fact that he said that there was no need to apply for membership of the voluntary union and he said that we are going as a party someone is confused for some reason two years after that, well, after these statements, or three years after these statements, in september 2022, ukraine did

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. nato is the defense of tom alliance. how much is done there to increase the defense capability of the alliance? because one thing we share is, do you meet the resolute national guardsman would defend every centimeter of ukraine's soil. now a week ago, the german government from what we agreed, a national security strategy which says quite clearly that the national and alliance defense capability is crucial for terminated, was under from irving with the 100 feet 1000000000 for the german armed forces. we have tried to expand our defense capability it and 2 percent if i do to be, will be spent not with this on that some call defense nato remains tax t guarantee of our collective security. and much of our defense capabilities will be kept in readiness for us nato, for protection. germany has done a great deal for the items miscellaneous and worked for a long time. now we have had a multinational defense capability and working together with him through here with our, for your fighter and patriot at 512 aircraft massage syste

[000:00:00;00] clear deadlines for ukraine's accession to nato are expected from the alliance itself, minister of defense oleksiy greznikov, according to him, at the meeting of the north atlantic bloc, either the deadlines for ukraine's accession to nato must be determined or a certain event must be determined after which our country will become a member of the alliance. that must take place on 11-12 july in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, poland, the baltic states, the czech republic are in favor of the accession of ukraine, supports the acceleration of this procedure in great britain , but in germany only talks about the discussion at the summit of increasing ukraine's military capabilities also recently, the president of the united states, in joe biden, opposed the simplification of the procedure for ukraine's accession to the alliance, although previously he did not reject such an opportunity to talk about the prospects of what we can hear at the vilnius summit and about our progress and problems on the way to membership in the north atlantic alliance, we will talk today and de

, our ally deterrent against the most existential threat that our alliance has. russia still have, for years to come, possibility, intent, and perhaps even readiness to prove is our alliance rock solid behind the article five commitment or not. and this is why the summit, upcoming summit is crucial to signaling to russians that we are together, we are strongly united, we are not only strong in our words when we say that every inch of n.a.t.o.'s territory is protected and defended, but we also show in action that this is to be taken seriously. so, and last but not least, obviously, extremely important signal, what leaders of n.a.t.o. should give out is that there should be agreed up and very specific wording and also, message for ukraine because in terms of their membership in n.a.t.o., we have to move on from what we agreed on already in 2008. we have to give a path to ukraine for them to understand what and when and how they can be accepted as a full members of n.a.t.o. because we recognize that only-- when we are all interested to restore peace and stability in

a coalition of groups including heritage foundation, family policy alliance, alliance defending freedom drafted legislation and recruited legislator to push -- they use junk science and fear mongering attacks against lgbtq to peddle their policies and try to justify discrimination in the name of religious belief. guest: my first response would be look at the type of cases we are working on. we are defending free speech rights, we are defending children. dealing with those puberty blockers is because of the growing body of evidence of the damage that these procedures do to young children. it is the reason why the u.k., sweden, finland are looking at the science, following children being put on puberty blockers and they are seeing is one sweden study showed there are 20 times higher rates of suicide. they saw a real lack of concrete benefits and choosing to prioritize counseling and psychotherapy. that is what the states are trying to do is follow that science and for children and our states we don't want them to be put down this path towards harmful medicalization. we don't want them to

the alliance legislative advisory body. at our meeting in luxembourg i was moved and gratified to hear firsthand from our friends at this, that the alliance commitment to an independent, sovereign, and victorious ukraine remains absolutely ironclad but equally important, our nato partners made it clear to us, that they understand the need to put real skin in the game. i know that this has been addressed previously, but, as we discussed, in luxembourg, at the nato parliament, spending 2% of gdp on defense should be a floor, not a ceiling, for each member of the alliance. i hope that nato makes that case to our partners during the vilnius summit. the world is a safer place when nato is a strong, capable, and ready. in addition to the shortcomings that many nato members face on their overall defense spending, several also lag in their bilateral support for ukraine. deputy assistant secretary cooper, which countries could and should provide more assistance to ukraine, and how does the biden administration engage with them to en

, the consensus of the 31st member of the north atlantic alliance is needed, while today we have theport of 20 members and the question is very simple, but can ukraine become a member of nato if, for example, we do not pay attention to the fifth article, which is always mentioned despite the fact that, for example, ukraine joins the north atlantic alliance, but the alliance does not undertake any obligations in the event of an attack on or well, in the event of a conflict, the entire alliance stands for this country, that is, ukraine receives the prospect of nato membership, but with the exception of this fifth article, is it possible that exactly no, no exactly, ukraine's membership in nato will involve the full application of all articles of the collective agreement, including the article that provides for the protection of all those who join protect all countries. if you want to defend at least one external aggression, we are talking about exactly this and this is what ukraine's full membership in nato is like. give us a little time . i am talking about myself and people like me w

is prepared to meet_ make sure the alliance is prepared to meet all— make sure the alliance is prepared of the challenges of the century _ to meet all of the challenges of the century as— to meet all of the challenges of the century. as james mentioned i came from beijing so we had an opportunity to discuss the trip that i opportunity to discuss the trip that hust— opportunity to discuss the trip that liusl look — opportunity to discuss the trip that ijust took. president biden sent me to beijing _ ijust took. president biden sent me to beijing because he believes strongly— to beijing because he believes strongly that with the united states and china _ strongly that with the united states and china have an obligation to manage — and china have an obligation to manage our relationship responsibly and that— manage our relationship responsibly and that starts with strengthening lines of— and that starts with strengthening lines of communication across our governments, exploring and making clear our— governments, exploring and making clear our positions and intentions in places— clear our p

that's why i'm with both hands for what i'm doing and with alliances with each of our allies - a verye conversation that should boil down to the fact that any decision that does not include membership in nato will end in a new explosion that will be much bigger that will capture europe and also eurasian wars and there are no other options. i believe that any decision that leaves us a kind of porcupine, as the americans like to say, give us more weapons, give us help and say, well, you are the second israel , this kind of central european, this all does not take into account many things. because in the case of israel, it has nuclear weapons and we know it , it has no enemies, at least not yet in us , the situation is exactly the opposite in russia , we have these weapons, we don’t have them, besides, the whole logic of supporting israel is based on the need to maintain a military advantage , a qualitative military advantage as far as russia is concerned we would like to do it, but unfortunately we can do it only as part of a collective measure and over and above the fact that russia wi

i am confident that the allies of the alliance will send clear plans to support this country. the most important thing is that all members of the alliance agree that the doors of nato are open the recent invitation of sweden to finland clearly demonstrates that it is not russia who decides whether ukraine should be a member of the alliance, it will be the decision of ukraine itself and nato members in the end. we can do it. and of course, the decision to grant ukraine the status of a candidate country for eu membership has its impact on the discussions that are going on in nato regarding the possibility of ukraine's accession to the eu, according to the head of the european council, charly, mice or the question initiation of negotiations on an appropriate process, the leaders of the countries say about december on this topic itself, this topic is not on the agenda. but what the leader will have to talk about is the possibility of using frozen russian assets for transfer. whose ukraine to restore jose barrel, for example, the head of eu foreign diplomacy said that the eu can tu

this was a summit at which the alliance noted that at some point ukraine would be a part of the alliance. and in 2020, the enhanced opportunity partnership was provided to ukraine, which really growing out of the wales summit of 2014, is a mechanism for interoperability, lessons learned and the rest. but now, of course, europe is at war, a full fledged war. ukraine been in conflict since 2014, but the full scale russian invasion which took place on february 24th, 2022, continues on and ukrainian expectations are quite high. the foreign minister of ukraine, dmitry kuleba, has a piece in foreign affairs last april titled why nato's must admit ukraine. he argues that ukraine needs naito, but naito also needs ukraine, and so ukraine needs themselves with great anticipation, awaiting this very important summit meeting in vilnius. last year in madrid, nato leaders gathered and there adopted a new strategic concept which really shifted the thinking on russia, formalized at least that shift in thinking. now, i think there's a of anticipation in how the summit will deal with ukraine itself. and s

cairo must put aside the obstacles of conservatism in order to join the regional alliance . importance and position of this group in the field of the international system will be discussed with mr. milad torabifar, an expert on international issues. from russia, small and secondary companies are included. now, considering that so far 13 countries have officially and six countries unofficially applied for membership in the brics group, where do you think this desire comes from and what are the things to do? that the new works actually reach a high level of mechanisms such as the narrative world what is the dollar and the new technology, and at what stage is our country's application for membership in the tabriz group, and what is the perspective of the international company, so that we can now continue to expect the desired functions and refer to our documents, rezai tehsehe, his own second. let's agree, in the field of trade, that is, now you say that in addition to the request and iran and the follow-ups that are being carried out, the platform for joining the group should

well, the exit of the marines, then the north atlantic alliance deployed and the largest naval exercise in the baltic sea. more than 30 nato warships were engaged in tallinn, and this is the heaviest package that estonia has ever received about strengthening the eastern borders of the alliance, some tambodes in the baltic sea started the largest military exercises. this year's nato was tobs-23. seven hundred kilometers from us , more than 30 ships of almost 4,000 sailors of the north atlantic alliance from 14 countries of the west will lead military maneuvers under the auspices of the sixth fleet, usa today the ships will leave the ports, and the first joint actions in estonian waters will take place on june 5, such a show of force caused a sharp reaction from the western public. one example can be seen in the 130,000 british trade unions who demanded a halt to nato expansion and an end to arms supplies. the military cooperation of the west was not limited to the sea expanses . the army of the host states is involved by the army of belgium the netherlands great britain france italy germ

, our ally deterrent against the most existential threat that our alliance has. russia still have, for years to come, possibility, intent, and perhaps even readiness to prove is our alliance rock solid behind the article five commitment or not. and this is why the summit, upcoming summit is crucial to signaling to russians that we are together, we are strongly united, we are not only strong in our words when we say that every inch of n.a.t.o.'s territory is protected and defended, but we also show in action that this is to be taken seriously. so, and last but not least, obviously, extremely important signal, what leaders of n.a.t.o. should give out is that there should be agreed up and very specific wording and also, message for ukraine because in terms of their membership in n.a.t.o., we have to move on from what we agreed on already in 2008. we have to give a path to ukraine for them to understand what and when and how they can be accepted as a full members of n.a.t.o. because we recognize that only-- when we are all interested to restore peace and stability in

nato purgatory or why they do not make special conditions for ukraine to join the north atlantic alliance and leave the same requirements that were relevant for other countries that at one time or another became members of the north atlantic alliance well , i will leave it to our guests who will professionally comment on this issue and tell us more. this is yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics. i congratulate you glory to ukraine glory to the heroes and oleksandr palii, a historian, a political scientist, they are also the author of a book about nato that i remember reading , well, for example, from the 15th volume, oleksandr , i congratulate you, i just forgot the exact name of the book i have, by the way, at home there is even your autograph, but that was back when they were running around the supreme council with balls , not nato, but some political forces that positioned themselves as very patriotic voted precisely against ukraine being the country of this country or something. what was it about? it was a long time ago that we will talk about it. why did

well, for example, ukraine joins the north atlantic alliance, but the alliance does not undertake anybligations in the event of an attack on or well, in the event of a conflict, the entire alliance stands up for this country, that is, ukraine receives the prospect of nato membership, but with the exception of this fifth article, is this possible? no, no, ukraine's membership in nato will involve the full application of all articles of the collective agreement, including the article that provides for the protection of all countries, all countries join to protect. if you want, at least one is implemented external aggression is exactly what we are talking about and this is what it is. that is the full membership of ukraine in nato. give us a little time . i am talking about myself and people like me who work with every nato member country. especially by the united states of great britain and france, give us time until the end of this month, i think that in a few days you will see quite serious international contracts and visits by our nato partners to ukraine, and a lot will depend on th

the alliance faces that faces historic challenges. but we're meeting those challenges with confidence and above all, with unity. make no mistake. we will not be drawn into pokers, war of choice, but we will strengthen made of defense and the church. we will defend every inch of middle territory and we will continue to defend the open world of rules and rights . that made o hassle probably supported for nearly 75 years, so thank you very much and i'll be glad to take a couple of questions. thank you, mr. sector. first question. good. christopher gordon. aaron space forces magazine. thank you, mister secretary, in what ways would nato's security be strengthened if sweden were to become a member of the alliance in the upcoming months? how specifically would such a development enhance the alliance's military deterrence capabilities in the north region? and generally, why is it important? and a sweden is not.

they do not make special conditions for joining the of the north atlantic alliance and leaves the same requirements that were relevant for other countries that at one time or another became members of the north atlantic alliance. well, i will leave it to our guests who will professionally comment on this issue and tell us more . this is yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics yevgeny, i congratulate you. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes. oleksandr palii is a historian and political scientist. they are also the author of a book about nato, which i remember reading 15 years ago. oleksandr, i congratulate you. i forgot exactly what the book is called. i have it. by the way, i even have your autograph at home, but it was back when the superficial council was running around with balls, nato was not needed, and some political forces that positioned themselves as very patriotic voted precisely against ukraine being uh this is being taught, and what was it about - it was long ago in one word, i, we will talk about this mainly. why did biden set such a condition

and actually , poland, i understand, has much more resources than many members of the alliance.ern europe, in particular, it is definitely polish the army and the polish polish resources allow them to send some contingent to the territory of ukraine, and in this case it will not apply to the fifth point of the security charter of the north atlantic alliance and whether or not poland will put itself in this case under attack well, first of all, i'm certainly not a military expert and i don't think that i'm here , the best of military experts can provide arithmetic, but look, the polish armed forces will now be increased even quantitatively to plus or minus 300,000 they are now when they are arming themselves with our sample weapons. this is absolutely understandable. and poland also more than understood that any european security system can be only and exclusively against russia, just like us, it is also clear to them that it is us and they, perhaps, also the baltic countries, other central european countries but nevertheless , they should become the main element of deterrence. o

nato said that we will be in the alliance, but it was postponed until better times . current nato secretary general and gen. stoltenberg say that the issue of ukraine's membership in nato is practically resolved, russia does not have the right of veto. he said that ukraine and the north atlantic alliance will themselves solve when the time comes to officially offer membership, i don't know how to simply say the current words to interpret stoltenberg or whether we should talk about the fact that ukraine will confirm its status as a candidate in the alliance. are the people of the country that will be a member of the north atlantic alliance will we be able to do it because it is of course a very serious political decision if it happened in vilnius it would be a big slap in the face and putin is obviously saying exactly the right things, that is, he, by the way , it seems to me that in recent months he has a colossal internal revolution in his consciousness and from e the frightened general secretary, who was afraid to mention the word russia at all, now switched to a co

he said that ukraine and the north atlantic alliance will decide for themselves.hen the time comes to officially propose membership, i don't know how. it's just the current words to speak er interpret stoltenberg or should we talk about the fact that ukraine will also confirm its status as a candidate in the alliance. are the people er or countries that will be a member of the north atlantic alliance, will we be able to do it, because of course this is a very serious political decision if it happened in vilnius, it would be a big slap to putin, well, he obviously says exactly the right things, that is, he eh. by the way , it seems to me that in recent months he has made a colossal internal revolution in his consciousness and from the frightened general secretary eh who was afraid to mention the word russia at all, now he switched to a completely different formula when he talks about the fact that russia should be punished. well, maybe because he will finish his term as secretary general in a couple of months, now you can talk to him because you know that the vast

there is some type of alliance and being part of the alliance will be an important discussion.irst thing first. first thing now is help them on the short-term and next weeks and months will be important >> reporter: so the prime minister of belgium there making it clear in the short-term the focus is on providing ukraine with further help and military support and only in the second stage once this war has come to an end we talk about ukraine joining nato i want to give you a better idea how complex this summit is we are expecting 50 heads of state. that includes the prime minister of the united kingdom. to put the meeting together, moldova had to close the skies to air traffic nato is patrolling the skies to ensure the safety to all of the leaders gathering here >> sylvia, with all of thee who there? are they the president of russia, vladimir putin, these leaders here want to show the continent is together and both belarus and russia are isolated since that invasion of ukraine that is the first and foremost message these leaders have from this meeting more broadly, you ask the

, a member of the alliance, there is no alternative for ukraine to become a member of the alliance, wellthere is a stadium, they are preparing everyone , which is determined at the level of the installation, is it good or not bad this is no longer a matter of today's agenda and a matter of internal discussion when we talk to you about a substitute. we must realize the purpose of a different form of cooperation than the one that will be offered by the number. guarantee, these forms are financial, they are military, and they are fixed or will be fixed, fixed at the level of bilateral payments, well, bilateral cuts - this is the conclusion of a contract between countries, what are the conditions come forward to play for us, as of today, it is obvious to everyone that the issue is not only in the political water, because they often hunt for the fact that there is a certain political will like some kind of orion that prevents us from integrating, it is political will has a specific the form of its expression was systematically pronounced by the representatives of the united states and the cou

and what is the number of armed forces, for example, the members of the alliance of russia and sweden, that is, they clearly show what is happening, what the risks may be, and so that people did they understand how it would affect their lives and the lives of sweden as a whole. well, it's no secret that in some european countries the topic of the russian-ukrainian war is used by politicians for some kind of internal strife or winning dividends or clarifying the relationship with sweden, what about this conversation about the country's membership in nato and the russian-ukrainian war, are there disagreements about this among the politicians there, do you know when the parliamentary elections were held in sweden and the topic of the security war and nato membership in alliance she was very sensitive, she was used in their rhetoric by various swedish politicians, and even on the streets of gothenburg, i saw activists standing with placards protesting against sweden joining nato, but by the way, i not i saw that people passing by somehow paid attention to these activists. but now i read s

accordingly, we must be a conscious member of the north atlantic alliance, which is equal to for allsons, in this same context, there cannot be a situation when nato's fifth article on collective security does not work with regard to ukraine. as some of our high-ranking officials suggested that you accept us, but say that nato's fifth article does not work. unfortunately, this cannot be the case. will undermine the positions of the representatives of the north atlantic alliance themselves. biden has a large-scale perspective regarding ukraine and he cannot afford to pretend that he does not know where it is on the map, so he will act as actively as possible and implement steps aimed at increasing ukraine's chances of becoming a member of the north atlantic alliance. accordingly, i would like to remind you that next year the nato summit will be held in washington, and in november next year there will be presidential elections in which joseph biden plans to participate, and i personally do not rule out that biden will change his position if his sociology and political consultants will

have the us alliance network must energizer efforts to words, an orthodox strategies as well. you know, in addition to conventional defense capabilities, you know, other, a normative uh, you know, technologically centered activities need to be picking uh into consideration as well. a done deal based in the philippines. so i'd like to ask you a question about that. now the philippines is bordering to potential flash point areas, so the south trying to say on the one hand, anti one minute look is worried about china's intentions. the but it wants to maintain good ties we by using while also pursuing base are relations with the united states. this is a very delicate position, isn't it? right? but we have to understand again, the beginning of this particular administration. ludmilla already signaled as clear as intensive managed relations with china and to forge i'm able ties. however, president marcus junior was picked to realize the limits of this school given the unwillingness of aging, to let golf. it's a sort of regional emissions and it's an willingness to act like how a goo

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responsibilities of membership ukraine is ready to become a member of nato and is waiting for the alliance to accept ukraine . volodymyr zelenskyi said this during the summit of the european political community in moldova. the president stressed that all countries that share a common border with russia should accede to the eu and nato due to the constant russian military threat, so zelenskyi called cast aside any doubts about helping ukraine, because not confidence only helps russia's aggression this year, for decisions in the summer in vilnius at the nato summit, a clear invitation of ukraine to membership as well as security guarantees on the way to nato membership in the fall, we need a clear positive decision regarding our accession to the eu , we are also preparing a peace summit that will direct the world majority to the implementation of our peace formula, and this is a global need, the time has come and doubts must disappear, we openly say that only the strong air defense, namely the coalition of patriots, precisely the coalition of modern fighter jets can defeat the russian terror

nato will remain an alliance of north america and europe.on of north america and europe faces global threats, and that includes the fact that china is investing more and more in advanced military capabilities, nuclear weapons, and also trying to frighten neighbors around the world. and then the fact that china and russia are coming closer and closer. they just conducted a big nato exercise together. we see more russia and chinese joint naval and air patrols. this makes it more important as a nato alliance as it addresses the challenges, by china. and that we stand together in addressing the security consequences of china. geoff: to your point about the region facing persistent threats, what about sweden? one of the prospects for sweden to join the alliance? you were at erdogan's and aguirre show. you met with him. will turkey allow sweden to become a member of nato by next month's summit? sec. gen. stoltenberg: i'm confident sweden will become a full member. and it is possible that can happen by the nato summit next month. but i cannot guara

, alliance stoltenberg.iation is strengthening its presence on the eastern flank after saturday's events in russia, though the european allies. in particular. poland is waiting for another reactions. andrzej duda demands a tough answer , he will tell you all the details about the newborn. abrams in the fall count in the meantime, hold bradley the pentagon announced a new package of military assistance to ukraine and the question of journalists. and where is the promised tanks department answered the supply of such equipment, you should not wait before september. and here are the new sanctions in addition to kvn assistance. this, please, is true, not anti-russian. and anti-wagner's list included one individual and four legal entities related to chvkent. we continue to closely monitor activities of pmcs, both in ukraine and in africa and wherever they work in the world , we continue to closely monitor their actions that are contrary to the interests of the countries in which they operate and we will take and c

jessica, it's interesting because we talk about the alliance and the alliance holding together and putinresident biden and the speaker of the house are actually on the same page when it comes to funding ukraine. >> i think they are on the same page today going forward when you look at what happens with the budgets republicans have concerns or some republican does if you listen to mitch mcconnell sounds exactly like president biden. i believe that when they presented today, which was a united front and they are in it as long as it takes is what is going to happen here. i understand that as we approach 2024, it's going to become more and more of an issue. i think that biden will win out on that. what i was particularly struck by is how important this visit was for sunak in terms of having economic cooperation with us since the u.k. brexit there has been a lot of the concern that they wouldn't be able to maintain the same kind of relationships with us. as well as other allies as well. they have done a decent job with the eu. declaration a big step forward with that department and looked clo

a very acute question about reforms in the rules by which diet in particular, the north atlantic alliance, regarding this rule of unanimity, we understand that indeed today we have already focused on the fact that there are countries that we will not have to convince. it is not far-fetched that probably in order to resolve such issues, such institutions will have to be reformed and , for example , the issue should be resolved simply by the majority rather than by uniformity. only we have to convince someone. these are the states that are already members of this club, they must convince their partners in this bloc that ukraine's membership in nato is fundamentally important for them, that is, not only we are people, well, people of states that realize the importance for themselves of the best guarantees - it's a common interest, all other guarantees - it's just beautiful rhetoric , it's one moment, another moment for those who, uh, tell what , well, it's not worth anything. when i hear it , well, we explain to people so that people understand it this why don't you go to this meaning if the

we need to define a clear perspective for ukraine's membership in the alliance today, more than justransshipment bases for arms and ammunition coming to kiev. well, she is actively preparing for war. on the 11th, bloomberg reports that warsaw has asked london for help in equipping air defense systems, referring to threats allegedly coming from russia at the end of may, the polish tv channel tvn claimed that unidentified drones were seen over the warsaw airport, and one of the radio stations reported that a balloon with cyrillic inscriptions was found in poland. the polish government has asked the uk for new technology and air defense support to help fight russian missiles, drones and spy balloons. such injection fully fits into the logic of the actions of senior nato partners, us president biden praised the prime minister of denmark who came to him for her willingness to train ukrainian pilots to fly american f-16s. together with our nato allies, we are working to strengthen our common security system. they also promised to train ukrainian pilots , for which british foreign secretary

on the world stage, marco says also moved to strengthen the philippines military alliance with the u. s . in april, the 2 countries held the military drills, which included the 1st ever live fire exercise on territory in the south china see a demonstration of joint fire power. that's drawn beijing's i are now in washington . marcos was met with a warm welcome from us president joe biden and a pledge of military support. united states, all 3 mines aren't quiet, nor remains. aren't cutting our commitment to the defense of the film including the south, tennessee biden. and marcos said this commitment means honoring a decades old mutual defense packed closer security ties between the 2 countries have been in play for months earlier this year. in manila, granted the us access to several additional philippines, spaces and arrangement that strengthens the philippines defense capabilities and grants. the us a stronger foothold to counter what it sees as the biggest potential threats in the south china sea region. a possible invasion of taiwan by china. we can speak now to don mclean deal. it

, poland, and germany want to check their clocks and, so to speak, agree on the positions of the alliance members who will meet on monday evening in paris, france, germany, and poland are somewhat different . olaf scholz, who believes that talks about ukraine's membership in nato, are the most cautious it is not the time , they say, we need to focus on how to support it in the fight against russian aggression . last week, the polish prime minister in the interests of the entire alliance called in warsaw to provide ukraine with strong security guarantees, and emanuel macron has recently been insisting on this , insisting on strong concrete and tangible guarantees, as he said, also agreeing with what should be offered to ukraine on the way to membership in the british alliance according to journalists, the prime minister spoke abstractly about the creation of security mechanisms for ukraine in the long term, i.e. what kind of guarantee would the searches include the consensus continues, as do the discussions about when ukraine will be admitted to nato, but the options that are currently on

means that the alliance is weaker. mr . austin, once again stress how important it would be to have sweden as a new member's. this democratic nation with a strong modern army with a lot of capabilities that a need to could profit from now a, another issue that both austin on stuff and back address that in the news conferences with the bid to present the fame is 2 percent and that means of course that's at 2 percent of g d p that every member country must now spend apparently at least 2 percent on defense. do you think there was unity that well, i don't think that there is you need to know because there are some nato countries who have not hit the target yet. and forcing for instance, canada. they are spending current me about 1.3 percent, also to the p on defense. there are things that it's difficult for them to spend more. but a bose installed back and lloyd austin said today that there are confidence that there will be an agreement by o l. i is because of course, facing this very difficult and change geo political si

so what does that tell us about germany's position within the alliance? what didn't go get has the head of the government and air force is sad, we just saw him there in the report is there is a german not only hosting the drum, and he's not only hosting, but also leading and organizing this exercise. and it was oscar also during this press conference and before that, if this as part of the site and vendor of this turning error, the drum and tell us about what else all set and it's you can see it like that, but this site and then does actually come me, so the germans guys to have them in taking part in this exercise he said that the german public is behind that even though they have been small protests against this exercise as well, from some implementer ends of the last pond to for example, it happened some 100 people gathering in front of one of these f o spaces it. but he said that the site and then in this idea that it is necessary to be able to defend itself is also in, in the, in the hands of the german public. to be able to do this exercise. and we

in particular, he commented on the prospects of ukraine in the alliance . questions of how and when.he most important discussion of the security guarantee between the western states in the partners and ukraine is based on the fact that kyiv cannot be offered membership in nato while the war is raging and even in this layout, so to speak its divergent positions regarding the terms and possible instruments of influence on putin and his entourage so that russia no longer threatens ukraine, at the same time all the participants in the negotiations understand that the best guarantee of security would be the fifth article of nato, but even now it is not discussed, but about you can talk about long-term guarantees, they in particular provide for annual deliveries of advanced nato-standard weapons, training and intelligence sharing, us support is identical to the israeli version. well, of course, this is better than nothing, but i will remind you in turn that in the kremlin and russian television boxes are constantly hearing the same theses, as long as the west supplies weapons, as long as t

and also after trump broke all possible alliances, quarreled with allies. , he undermined such trust in the united states . china, together with the russian federation , cooperated for some time, and it must be said that putin's views and the views of the seat coincide with each other. impress and just as they came together at the moment that they realized each in his own way that at this time it is time for the sunset that they are waiting for and the time for rising when you need to raise your wings and of course that china is now trying, well, it may have needed a little more time to form , as you said, some kind of more understandable concept of strategy. but still , russian aggression against ukraine and the absence of the blitzkrieg that the whole world was hoping for and even certain is not understanding on the part of china, because after all they saw russia as a great power, a great army, but it turns out that it is not , and it turns out that the west, well, it did not completely fall , moreover, it united, and it turns out that russia was not abl