the secretary general of nato against dalton berg visited the block c port of constantia in romania. as a 1000 us troops arrived at the military base there. we continued to reinforce our eastern flank with more ships with more plains, with more troops. and we also ready to quickly reinforce if needed to increase the nato response force on we can deploy more forces on short notice if needed. well let's look at the big picture with alexi melnick, who's co director of foreign relations and international security programs with the rsm cough center as a think tank based in care. welcome to d. w. do you believe that russia is about to invade you crate or, well, we can, we have different opinions about the both russia, russia in pain or rushes else. but there is, there are certainly such plants and there are. so we started such intentions, but it is going to happen and money is going to happen is a big question. and so what is the end game then? what will success look like for president putin in this conflict? well, it just be the same question like 2 or 3 months ago, i would say that the p

yes, dalton berg, alluding to russian pressure, not going away. what does this mean for the alliance? well, lately you heard the secretary general refer to what he called a new normal. and he has explained this before as well. that due to russian actions due to this enormous build up and the feeling of insecurity that has it has created throughout the alliance. that this may be a long term situation. that even if the current crisis could be deflated just a bit, that the tension will not go away. and that's why the secretary general explained that nato would be moving more forces into eastern europe along the eastern flank. we expect to see in the coming weeks a new nato battalion going to romania, led by the french, and possibly deployments of that sort and other eastern european allies as well. and this is also a message to moscow, of course, that if you wanted a kremlin before nato to go further away from earth borders, all of these actions that you've taken have achieved just the opposite. this is your new normal as well. russia, he wants to sa

by land, air, and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. dress that your general yann's dalton berg has called the crisis and new normal in european security. as, as a hedge of support came out after cleaning present. vladimir zalinski, criticized both western nations and the nato alliance. they're not coming to his country's aid falls. it is of all in motion of ukraine. um, they are moving towards a kia on that the state, the goal is to or change to government of ukraine. ah, it is a very unpredictable situation, or therefore not receive spec clerk, but old pay my respects to the ukrainian armed forces, sir, which are really proving, though bravery under their courage, by fighting under standing up against her a much larger invading russian force. that's the latest response from natal, the european union. meanwhile, as adding russian president vladimir putin and his farmers to sa glover off to the blocks sanction less because of the invasion and recent developments and ukraine, the e s. foreign policy chief says they've also expanded the black list include all members of the duma w

how i lied not to brussels, where the nature secretary general yonce dalton berg is speaking and good morning to all of you. and welcome to this meeting of nate thought leaders with the oh, close partners. so finland and sweden on the european union, russia hasa, chartered peace on the european continent. what we have warned against for months has come to pulse. despite all our efforts to find the diplomatic solution. moscow bears sole responsibility for the deliberate, cold blooded and long planned invasion. we condemn rushes, aggressions in the strongest possible terms on call on russia to immediately cease its military action. we stand with the brave people of ukraine. we fully support ukraine's sovereignty answered a total integrity. it's right of self defense, and it's right to choose his own path. and this ends the public part of the meeting . so then i also me dark to leave the room and we continue in just a 2nd. so just been here is there from now yen stalsen burke been it's her secretary general, quite a brief statement from him, but we're to writing their support for the ukr

but the made her chief against dalton berg says satellite images confirm russia has not reduced troops on ukraine's border. he announced at the alliance will look at establishing new combat ready groups to strengthen its east and flank. meanwhile, ukraine has held a day of national unity following us reports, which suggested a brush might attack on wednesday night. barker begins our coverage now from brussels, where nato leaders have been discussing the crisis. fis bump diplomacy as defense chief some nato countries including the u. s. and germany arrive at alliance headquarters to strengthen their stance on russia and pull over the latest intelligence. and this is what they've been looking at. a russian defense ministry video claiming to show a partial pullback of forces from near ukraine. the kremlin says combat equipment and troops were leaving the crimean peninsula. seas from cave in 2014 and returning to base. but nato secretary general was quick to dismiss any talk of the escalation of tensions. we have heard the signs from moscow about our readiness to continue diplomatic effort

and of course, we've also been hearing from the nato secretary general yonce dalton berg, who said that there was now through $30000.00 russian troops that have been deployed to the northern country of bela bruce at that is, of course, because russia in belarus will be holding a 10 day military joint drill called ally resolve as of february 10th. they will start that exercise and it will be important to point out that 2000 nearly 2000 of those u. s. troops that will be re deployed will be heading to poland. that is a country that of course, shares a border with bell roofs and we've been hearing from the russian defense minister, who is in minsk, meeting with the bell. russian president, alexander lucas jenko, and the 2 men have been discussing further cooperation when it comes to their militaries. and according to the president of beller, bruce, there will be 20 military exercises that will be held in the year 2022 between russia and belarus. so there's certainly going to be an increase cooperation between those 2 come reason and the nato secretary general saying this is the biggest mil

yes, dalton berg. what are you and of course olaf sholtes is coming up then a little while later. what are you expecting to come out of today? and the u. s. vice president of u. s. my cadillac. com last year. i find that particularly fascinating because for those of us who are veterans of the security conference i've been going for almost 20 years, we well remember when joe biden, as vice president, called for a reset of russian u. s. a. transatlantic relations. and there was actually a kind of a display in which hillary clinton as secretary of state, together with sergei laffer off the russian foreign minister, pressed a reset button. so we fascinating to hear what the current vice president has to say today. that's certainly one thing that i'm very much interested in. following that we saw olaf sholtes m this week meeting with vladimir putin. and actually we're going to just at cross, are we going to cross over just yet? no, we're just saying image is come in there from munich, but we're not going to cross over joseph. yes, of course. the chairman of the conference, outgoing cha

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