so there have been nato troops inside finland and finish troops, exercising with nato troops. it's not known yet exactly how that, how any nato deployments inside finland would look. but even if that were the case, russia is, is still quite unlikely to cross the border when again, you have that article 5 commitment backing finland up. it hasn't done so in the past. i mean, think about it. finland has been alone since the end of world war 2 in russia hasn't dared to invade it despite, you know, occasional threats to do so. but i think nonetheless, finland will feel much more secure. now, they know that russia doesn't have the military capacity to do this. at the moment because the military is deployed to fight ukraine, they, what they're worried about is what might happen after the end of the warren ukraine . now when finland filed to this application to join nato last may, it was, it did that together with sweden, but sweden is not joining nato today. what are the chances of sweden being getting into the alliance soon, terry? well, there's a lot of pressure on turkey not to ke

how tangibly will ukraine benefit from finland joining nato. -- joining nato? my second two questions have to do with what is happening at home. president tsai ing-wen of taiwan is meeting with speaker mccarthy today in california. do you support this meeting? how do you feel about china vowing it will retaliate? my second question has to do with politics at home. yesterday the world watched as former president trump was arrested. he is now the first corn -- current or former president to face criminal charges and is running for reelection as president. have any of your allies ask you about this year at beto? what if you response to a concerns among allies that many of us have heard about the long-term reliability of the united states given the polarized nature of politics at home? sec. blinken: last question first. as you know well, i do not do politics. but i can tell you that the question you raised about the proceedings in new york actually did not come up in my conversations with nato colleagues. nor did i get questions about the durability of our approach

as nato member states.he 33rd state of valentina can become the ukrainian state . of russia actually for its existence and when, well, actually in the 40th year there was a state, it was actually on the verge of whether to continue to exist there or not to exist when the radiation was working, it tried to destroy just this state and tear apart ukraine , what can we do, what conclusions can we draw from of the long struggle of finland for its survival and how similar we are, the first main conclusion is that we need to become a nato member country, definitely ukraine, and i in the parliament just work in such a committee of euro-european integration where, including , e-e membership in nato is for us priority, we have already received the status of a candidate country for eu membership , i am sure that this year we will start negotiations on the accession of our country to the european union, and i am sure that already this year, today during the meeting the ukraine nato commissions, the nato member countrie

it will be raised simultaneously at nato headquarters and nato's to strategic commands. a ceo headquarters in mines, belgium, and a c t headquarters in norfolk virginia. news i know meant on post a date or leave it to happen that i find long or sought leave to nest that the cool . ok, so are they? they seem we've done a mom or she has to know tall, able to come up multiple. she cannot all last sale a most been a week, and i say t a not folk gives you need oh i a in the nato him will now be played and met not leaving to denote all ah ah this concludes this has been the ceremony of, of the official ceremony poor a score, finland joining nato, taking place across in brussels at nato headquarters. we just heard the finished national anthem as the finished flag was raised for the very 1st time at nato headquarters. ah, finland becomes the 31st country to join to become a member of nato. ah, our correspond, terry schultz is on the scene there standing just outside nato headquarters. let's cross over to her now. terry nate, this has been applied to join nato last may in may of

to geti into nato and how will nato proceed with a _ into nato and how will nato proceed with a swedishto proceed with a swedish, with sweden- into nato and how will nato proceed with a swedish, with sweden to - into nato and how will nato proceed with a swedish, with sweden to be i with a swedish, with sweden to be attied, _ with a swedish, with sweden to be attied, and — with a swedish, with sweden to be allied, and then _ with a swedish, with sweden to be allied, and then more _ with a swedish, with sweden to be allied, and then more question, i with a swedish, with sweden to be| allied, and then more question, do you feet— allied, and then more question, do you feel relieved? _ allied, and then more question, do you feel relieved?— allied, and then more question, do you feel relieved? yes, surely, from the result. — you feel relieved? yes, surely, from the result, but— you feel relieved? yes, surely, from the result, but i _ you feel relieved? yes, surely, from the result, but i want— you feel relieved? yes, surely, from the result, but i want to _ you feel relieved? yes, surely, fr

foot and nato weapons were not present there, he wanted ukraine to never join the nato and ukraine andno other country in europe, these were his efforts that were aimed precisely at this, and we see the return of such actions by putin, because today is a symbolic historical day when finland will become a full member of the north atlantic alliance, so we are increasing our presence, we are holding additional military training, in particular, in order to strengthen the alliance, he confessed to you personally again , is it possible to celebrate now if sweden is not ready to join? yes, of course, now i am proud that i am the secretary general and i have the opportunity to welcome finland and the father of the new nato member, this is very important both for the alliance and for finland, for the baltic countries and other countries, because we understand what is now at stake in the framework of security and of course now it strengthens the power of finland , significant military forces will be present and which provide confidence and reliability that the security of finland will not be vio

and nato allies— and ramp up support from nato and nato allies to ukraine.allies to ukraine. both the urgent needs but also i expect that allies— urgent needs but also i expect that allies will_ urgent needs but also i expect that allies will start to develop a more long-term — allies will start to develop a more long—term programme to assist and support— long—term programme to assist and support ukraine to help them develop with nato_ support ukraine to help them develop with nato allies moving from the soviet—era standards doctrines to neto _ soviet—era standards doctrines to nato standards and moving closer to the euro_ nato standards and moving closer to the euro tactic family. tomorrow, in our session. — the euro tactic family. tomorrow, in our session, we will address a wide array— our session, we will address a wide array of— our session, we will address a wide array of different security challenges including emanating from the middle east and north africa. including — the middle east and north africa. including the fight against terrorism. we will di

it will be raised simultaneously at nato headquarters and nato strategic command, headquarters in belgium, as well as the atp headquarters in norfolk, virginia. [speaking foreign language] ♪ >> the nato hymn will now be played. [speaking foreign language] ♪ ♪

is a problem of the western countries of nato. i am convinced that by speculating on such things , we can allow erroneous geopolitical steps on our ukrainian side, because this is the problem of ukraine and ukrainians in the first place first of all our problem - this is our country - this is our nation, this is our land and we should think first of all how to protect it , i think it is not for nothing. the fact that as part of the preparations for the counteroffensive, the member countries provided ukraine with 230 tanks and 1,550 armored vehicles and equipped nine brigades, according to the nato secretary general, which in his opinion is 98% of the promises made by the nato member states, this will be it is very dangerous if the leadership of ukraine if the ukrainian society starts transferring our responsibility to someone else - this is not a war between nato and russia, it is a war between ukraine and russia, it is a war for our independence, it is a war between us and you, because we protect our country, we protect our famil

let's join nato. and last that would also say this also had to, i think there was a deliberate effort of going into this very quickly. again, the one in finland are suggesting that cross myself talk to them about because of the, the huge security concerns now in europe and, and the sentiments have changed add to us. i think there was an interest in the government to move while the public was on their side. it's no secret that all from the political leaders, military leaders would like to be in nato and you know, but still didn't get the public with them. so i think there's an interest there to get inside nato before the war is over, so they don't risk loosing the publics. so just so we're clear, there was no imminent threat to them by russia, and i should know normally be nato accession process. historically, it takes years, so why did this one happen so quickly? well, of, well, they're considered to be a lot of the sessions. previously had was with countries which used to be part of their worth of pa

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what that means for capabilities for nato, nato's nations. it is common funded, what nato can do, but 95% of the capabilities we do have is by nations. this is what the secretary last night said as well. deterrence, coming back to that. the will is one issue. how you do that overall. capabilities because with powerpoint presentations you don't scare anyone at the end of the day. this is what we are looking at. it is nice if you have a lot of good ideas, but at the end of the day there's the question from my headquarter's perspectives, how do we do it? you see, a lot of things have changed over time. then, just the discussion that we have on this panel, let we make one more comment because the european pillar of nato has changed. if you see the way that it is designed and the way that we go forward, this is really something and we are in close coordination along the same lines. at the end of the day it is about operation and how do we keep things close to really succeed and strengthen the european pillar of nato. why? well, the u.s. has other

a big part of that is bringing ukraine up to nato's standards and to nato inter-operability. expect you will see that focus continue at the summit. i don't want to get ahead of the summit. but we are focused on very practical steps that can be taken and need to continue to be taken to bring ukraine up to nato's standards. nato's door remains open. there is no change in that. but, in this moment we have to be intensely focused on the weeks and months ahead, particularly for ukraine preparing as a counteroffensive as well as work that needs to be done to bring ukraine up to nato's standards. next we go to kylie atwood with cnn. kylie: thank you. secretary, thank you for doing this. it was a momentous week here. there is a lot going on at home and i have a few questions. in terms of what happened here, you said nato has become stronger this week with finland joining. how tangibly will ukraine benefit from finland joining nato? my second two questions have to do with what is happening at home. president tsai ing-wen of taiwan is meeting with speaker mccarthy today in california.

but what about nato nato's border? terry has just double double border with russia. russia is just double. i think a villain has a 1300 kilometer border with russia. what does this development mean for nato? that's right. it's something that i of course, was widely discussed within the alliance, and there were to be fair, some allies who in the past said that it would be too big of a risk to add a border with russia that long. and the thins themself. thought that that, that, that border would bring more risks then, then safety in joining nato. but again, that all went out the door when russia invaded ukraine i last year. and now the fins who have been defending the border by themselves and have one of the best equipped and, and a largest armies in europe per capita. they now feel that they also need the backup that if something were to happen, if russia were to dare to across that border, that there would be 30 other countries rushing to their defense. that it has also been for nato. they want to have this border defen

the nato him will now be played. -- the nato him.the flag raising ceremony. i invite the ministers to turn around for the family portrait. as always, with moments like this, the family portrait, the photo opportunity is an important part of the proceedings. and all the foreign secretaries and finnish president have turned around where they will be facing the world press and media, and this will be a great photo opportunity on one for the photo album, i'm sure. just to recap what happened today, as we have been bringing you the latest live on there. finland has become the 31st member of nato. there is a family photo. smiles from all of the ministers. and the handshake that between jens ministers. and the handshake that betweenjens stoltenberg and the president of finland. so, this ceremony marks the end of a process that began a year ago when finland together with sweden applied to become a member of nato following the invasion of ukraine by russia. finland, of course, shares a very long land border, 1340 kilometres long, with russia,

i had a national, eu and nato. this is what you will see over time that everybody comes to the conclusion we should strive to have one and it's the nato one because if you look across, it is a whole of government approach. you have instruments of power. the eu has more because nato is a military so it has the military instrument of power and this is the one we use primarily. there are certain things we need to have command and control. this is what you have to use and this is what we see in the daily -- daily work. what we do have, it is really harmonization to harmonize what we have and use it to a better extent. from my point of view with the context of that we have with all of the corporations, there's only >> one way forward. >>-- one way forward. >> heather, to you. this is been the last year and a half when it comes to america's involvement. sort of a wake-up call. how would you assess the u.s. role in european security and what have you seen over the last year? >> thank you. it's great to be back here in a v

with this step, finland is safer, nato is stronger we look forward to welcoming suite into nato in the near future it is militarily capable, strong democracy, fully dedicated to upholding the commitments of the alliance including article five. at the nato leader summit last summer, nato allies agreed on a new strategy for the first time in a decade since then, including -- we have been working to implement the strategy. making the alliance stronger, more resilient, better positioned for the future. we are building on the investment pledged to invest 2% of our gdp into defense. it is critical we have the means to replenish stockpiles and meet force generation commitments. to meet -- to keep pace with 21st century challenges. we build new partnerships including the indo pacific. we welcome the participation of japan, australia, south korea, zeeland -- new zealand. who share our view of a free indo pacific region. recognizing that is interconnected and global in nature. of course the lines remains focused on russia's aggression in ukraine. nato commission met for the first time in five ye

it's less to nato. and very little discussion around the pros and cons in terms of their own security. and again, i think what's been missing is sir oldest focused. now that, you know there's war in europe with russia and, but no one really has thought much about peace. in other words, how can we figure out how we're all going to live on the same continent instead, it's just less ourselves, but send weapons. let's join nato and last that would also say this also had to, i think there was a deliberate effort of going into the say quickly, again, the one in finland are suggesting that cross might attack them. but because of the huge security concerns now in europe and, and the sentiments had changed. and there was, i think there was an interest in the government to move while the public was on their side. is no secret that all from the political leaders, military leaders would like to be in nato and, you know, but still didn't get the public wisdom. so i think there's an interest there to get inside nato

no nato can't. no country can become a nato member statement, which means that if a nato countries attacks, they can ask all of the other nato countries to come to their defense militarily. so clearly, if a country is in the middle of a hot conflict and joins nato, there's an immediate that they will presumably immediately request all the other countries to come in and join them in their war effort. and that's just not going to happen. the question is, how far would this have to go however, how, how much of a sort of piece agreement would have to be formulated between ukraine and russia after this? how long would the other nato allies want that to take? it could take many, many years. we've heard in, in ukraine, they want a very speedy session process. we've just seen suite finland become a nato member in record time. i don't think that that is the case. they want an accelerated process, but i don't think among nato allies, the sort of acceleration that keep ones is going to take place in this case.

as this alliance grows from 30 to 31 or did i also saw amazing of nato foreign ministers at the nato ukraine commission in brussels, secretary general against dalton, berks, at the alliance. his door is open to keith and pledged a further assistance for ukraine's fight against the russian invasion. ukraine will the corner a member of the alliance to this has been stated again, again at night, the summits. at the same time, we all realised that for to make any meaningful progress on this issue. or the 1st step is to ensure that ukraine prevails as a sovereign in the plantation. and that's the reason why a dollar's importance are providing unprecedented level of support and will continue to continue to do so. and why are we are also are in constant litrell's contact with the ukrainians. and also providing training. i will, i spoke to our correspondent at terry schultz in brussels at nato headquarters. she's been following at today's events. yes, that's necessary because of course, there's always worry about support flagging as countries deal with high inflation as their own stockpiles

the nato bloc.ell, for nato as an organization to leave did not increase a here is the reverse process. therefore, this will be a key stumbling block in the negotiations on ours, this is the first moment, china is dissatisfied, and now the second moment will be the countries of western europe that are countries of the first speed, yes, they divide the eastern europe of our countries of the second speed, western europe of the first speed now they are the leaders of germany , france, they are the leaders if ukraine joins nato and joins the european union , in fact, the bloc of the bucharest nine is getting stronger. biden is actually a propa. yes, it's about americans, the old people consider them young europeans as americans and competitors, so the emphasis is shifting here, political , financial, and redistribution of influence, all this is the main territory, they are losing their influence , and, in fact, the geopolitical place of their role, their place is being lowered. they are also dissatisfie

they are all nato countries. but could this latest push to bring in finland and maybe someday sweden into the block. be the impetus as to why russian tactical nukes are moving into bella roof. well, it could be, i mean, there was an interview with the former secretary general, nato doesn't listen. and he was arguing in the future for conflict, the rest conflict, nato with russia on the benefit of having sweden and finland into matters who could put a full blockade on on saint petersburg and denied them complete access into the baltic sea. so obviously, this is the problem we imagine if it was the other way around this, china rasa was mounting their military in mexico or canada. united states would, would react them at the end of the day. it wouldn't benefits in one security. and this is the case here as well. so obviously i think that the sim lynn could have something to do with this. obviously the war in ukraine has something to do with it . and but overall, i think that's for the russian to stay. and then decid

approximately nato, russia has deterrents in the kremlin called a new round of nato expansion an encroachment our security and national interests, moscow, of course, will take retaliatory measures, the question arises finns steel feel more secure. after all, it was security considerations that motivated the country's entry into nato in response to these personnel. instead of building good neighborly relations with russia, finland is now equipping a bomb shelter. one of them , located near helsinki, was even shown on television such a shelter will accommodate about 6,000 people and should protect them from a nuclear attack. that's how we safely joined nato vadim thank you evgeny the approach of the alliance's military infrastructure to our borders, of course, cannot remain without reaction, until the finns signed an agreement with nato became. it is known that russia handed over to the armed forces. belarus operational tactical missile system iskarder m. it can use both conventional and nuclear missiles. in addition, part of the assault aviation of belarus turned out to be able to strike with

and to become nato?ur homework, which we all say that we have done a lot in the direction of nato, but in fact the issue of corruption policy in the ministry of defense did not go anywhere, and not only in the ministry of defense in general in the state of ukraine, that is why this story looks even more cynical to me when , on the one hand, we welcome our partners , declare our readiness, that we will be , we also believe in it, i am talking now about the president of ukraine, and on the other hand, he is not includes this step in this program of peace, which we are all trying to achieve, because peace is not only the successes of ukraine on the battlefield, peace is what will happen after the war, that is, the possibility of some kind of agreement that will be signed after our victory with fragmented russia due to some reason i know who we are there, who will be there from russia. will it be the same russia at that moment. but nevertheless, we must have some security guarantees for ourselves. i want to

for no nato nations said they'll keep arming t if. as this alliance grows from 30 to 31 is look at some more stories making news around the world. russian suicide drones to struggle ukrainian city of odessa in an overnight attack, defense forces, say they shot down 14 of the 17 iranian made, shar had drones targeting the black sea port. one had a local business, but there are no reports of casualties. national authorities of charged 26 year old woman with terrorism in connection with the bombing of a cafe. in st. petersburg blast killed the influential pro war blogger flatland, petoskey. prevalent says, ukraine was behind. the incident key denies involved least one person was killed and dozens more injured in a train crash in the netherlands. authority say high speed night train derailed after hitting construction equipment left on the track rail services on the busy route between leyden and the have been cancelled. australia has become the latest country to band chinese owned tick tock from government devices. intelligence services a

it will be raised simultaneously at nato headquarters and nato's to strategic commands. a ceo headquarters in martin's belgium and ac t headquarters in norfolk virginia. news i long met on post a day or leave 8 dappled that i found assault the lenient that's ronald de coolio. so are they, they seem we've done a mom or she has to low, tall, ill joke them up most up as she cannot all last say, oh, a most bit of chic and i said, j a. norfolk, it gives you need oh, [000:00:00;00] i mean a and with that finland becomes the 31st name of nato. finland's president says, a new era has begun. the secretary general of nato insult book said. this will make finland's safer, and nato stronger. the length of russia's border with nato member states has now doubled. criminal spokesman dmitri pascoe formed that russia would be watching closely what happens in finland and the scribe nato enlargement is a violation of our security and our national interests. it without 0. this is the news. our time to sport is jemma. thank you, adrian. the world's best golfers have been arriving out of gust

b rays that nato headquarters today. i think it was an emotional moment definitely for the fins, but also for a lot of people watching finland take this historic step. i know that everyone around me thought it was. it was very momentous. but the accession of finland also leaves a couple of other countries wanting to get into the alliance. wishing that they had joined along with finland and that's not to sweden is also ukraine, which has been promised that it will eventually become a member of nato. let's hear what secretary general yann's children brake had to say to ukraine, which is asking to be led in as well. you crane will, the corner i'm a member of the alliance to thesis been stated again, again at night was on it's at the same time you all realize that for it to make any meaningful progress on this issue. or the 1st step is to ensure that ukraine prevails as a sovereign in the been station. and the answer is why earn a dollar's importance are providing unprecedented level of support firm. and we'll continue to co

what that means for capabilities for nato, nato's nations. it is common funded, what nato can do, but 95% of the capabilities we do have is by nations. this is what the secretary last night said as well. deterrence, coming back to that. the will is one issue. how you do that overall. capabilities because with powerpoint presentations you don't scare anyone at the end of the day. this is what we are looking at. it is nice if you have a lot of good ideas, but at the end of the day there's the question from my headquarter's perspectives, how do we do it? you see, a lot of things have changed over time. then, just the discussion that we have on this panel, let we make one more comment because the european pillar of nato has changed. if you see the way that it is designed and the way that we go forward, this is really something and we are in close coordination along the same lines. at the end of the day it is about operation and how do we keep things close to really succeed and strengthen the european pillar of nato. why? well, the u.s. has other

thank you ve much for the nato member ship. thank you very much indeed _ for the nato member ship.the nato member ship. thank you very much indeed forjoining - for the nato member ship. thank you very much indeed forjoining us - for the nato member ship. thank you very much indeed forjoining us and l very much indeed forjoining us and it is good to talk to and get you the programme. donald trump is spending the night in new york — at trump tower — before appearing in court later. these are live pictures from manhattan. a quiet day so far but lots of security around the trump tower. mr trump is set to make history once again — this time as the first president of the united states to be charged with a criminal offence. the charges relate to money paid to a porn star to keep quiet about an affair before the 2016 election. the judge has ruled that pooled media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom just before the hearing gets underway but tv cameras will only be allowed in outside corridors. security measures will be in place with the authorities expecting demonstrati

this is the scene live at nato — make us stronger.is the scene live at nato headquarters, - make us stronger. this is the scene live at nato headquarters, where i make us stronger. this is the scene | live at nato headquarters, where the finnish flag will be raised shortly at a ceremony to mark the day. russia's defence minister sergei shoigu says finland's accession to nato will force russia to take measures to ensure its security. former president donald trump arrives in new york ahead of his appearance in court facing criminal charges. a passenger train crash in the netherlands kills one person and at least 30 people are seriously injured. london city becomes the second uk airport to scrap rules on liquid limits in hand luggage. a ceremony is due to be held in brussels within the next few hours to officially welcome nato�*s newest member. this nato�*s newest member. is the scene live in brusse where this is the scene live in brussels, where officials are arriving to witness the raising of the finished flag here. finland has abandon

is a nato member. up until this point, what was denmark's relationship with russia, and now that denmark has rejected russia's request to conduct their own investigation. where does that put their future relations? well, the trust is completely gone, obviously. now that goes both ways, obviously the then marcus lost a lot of trust in russia, but also russia has lost all trust now in, in denmark, because again, some on the attack, the energy infrastructure built by the russians. and the, as you said before, i think everyone knows who stunned it now and that they are now seeing to effectively obstruct an investigation in this kind of thing. so usually make you sound like a conspiracy if there is. but there are no other explanations at this point anymore . so so i think here, this is just going to continue to damage the relationship between denmark and rush, obviously. but also, i think over over a long term, i think this will also cause some divisions within, within the ranks of nato. because as i mentio

today in brussels, the meetings of the nato ukraine commission are being held. the secretary general of the alliance announced that it will concern further support for kyiv from the belgian capital . lisovska , correspondent of the public roksolana lifts, is in touch with us. roksolana, i congratulate you, hello, slava , and the meeting of the ukraine nato commission ended just a few minutes ago , and the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine came to us dmytro kuleba said that this meeting was quite successful, they were more bilateral before this meeting and, in general, among all the ministers of foreign affairs of the nato countries, there was not a single voice that would push ukraine to negotiate any negotiations with russia that are not beneficial of ukraine, and he also talked about the great support among the alliance for ukraine and a-a. in addition to him , he constantly mentioned the stoltenberg war and talked about the fact that ukraine should be provided with both weapons and political support, but also reminded that ukraine needs implement reforms

taras, good day to you. unexpectedly appeared in the center of kyiv, the head of nato jen stoltenberg appeared unexpectedly with volodymyr zelenskyi , they were at the wall of memory and paid their respects to the fallen defenders of ukraine and their own after that volodymyr zelenskyi said that ukrainians are not they will understand if at the summit in vilnius, which will take place already this year in the summer of july 11-12 , they will not understand if there is no invitation to nato . also contribute to this, or if not, what should contribute, well actually the very arrival of the secretary general of nato to ukraine and his visit to kyiv , a meeting with our leadership in such an unannounced format, especially on the eve of rammstein this is already very serious a signal to the allies, at least, that ukraine needs to continue to support weapons, continue to support politically , continue to support uh, financially and economically, uh, in all those directions in which the west is currently assisting our country in this war against the homeless the invasion of the russian feder

it definitely was a big day for nato. this is a day that even 2 years ago we could not have imagined to happening in finland was, was quite content to be non aligned, militarily, believing that this was safest for it. sharing a border with russia and, and not wanting to invite more russian threats. at the same time, once russia invaded ukraine, all bets were off and felons entire perspective on its own security changed. so definitely washing that flag b be raised at nato headquarters to day. i think it, it was an emotional moment definitely for the fins, but also for a lot of people watching finland take this historic step. i know that everyone around me thought it was, it was very momentous. but the accession of finland also leaves a couple of other countries wanting to get into the alliance. wishing that they had joined along with finland and that's not to sweden is also ukraine, which has been promised that it will eventually become a member of nato. let's hear what secretary general yann's children brake had to say to

is not in nato yet and somehow determine the strategy of nato and the usa on the black sea.how to understand it. well, i think that these are several steps that must be taken. it is clear that ukraine needs finnishization so that we are mutually compatible signs and at the right time , we became members of nato, this is the only guarantee of security for ukraine against the base civil and nuclear russian federation . document that was prepared by the expert community, it consisted of several points, the first is that the black sea black sea region has been so neglected for too long , they did not pay attention to it in the 14th year, when there was an illegal annexation of the crime, nato strengthened its allies in the baltics, the baltic republics and poland and the black sea was so neglected that we saw the valley of the militarization of crimea, which allowed a large-scale invasion to be carried out in 2022, and now we are constantly threatened by missile strikes from the black sea but let's also remember that the russian federation used crimea as a springboard in order t

standards, because nato is also freedom of speech, because nato is also the rule of law, because natohat will definitely be transferred to these countries, and the country of ukraine must meet all standards can ukraine become a member of the north atlantic treaty organization in july , for this we need not to talk about it, but to make a decision, because the whole war must end anyway, not just the deoccupation of our territories, this war must end with membership of ukraine in nato and the most important thing is that at least 80% of ukrainians want this. what has never happened in the history of ukraine, now the decisions and steps of the ukrainian authorities are needed, they understand them, they are clear, they have been known for a long time, but here there is no need to rely on the strength of the north atlantic defense and the alliance is not here it is necessary to appeal simply and demand here steps must be taken and then the issue of the solution will actually be the issue that will be very fast in time i really hope that the july summit will definitely bring us closer i un

also, finland joins nato. the finish flag is raised as the alliance welcomes its newest member on a day of ceremony in brussels. as britain presses ahead with controversial plans to crack down on migration across the english channel, we look at the situation from the french side of the border. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and all of you around the world, welcome. armor u.s. president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in new york. trump showed little emotion entering the court building ahead of denying 34 counts of falsifying business records. the charges are linked to hush-money payments allegedly made to three people, including an adult film actor. trump was driven to court in a motorcade from his trump tower complex in new york. he is now heading back to his estate in mar-a-lago, florida. we speak now to scott henderson, a former u.s. diplomat and governing attorney, now visiting fellow at the brookings institution in washington, d.c. trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony

but if nato, sorry, russia would object. well, that's a very aggressive thing to do if it starts to resist or find back. and now we have to expand that to contain russia. so it's, it's a difficult procession. we kind of put the russians and because we, we essentially said that nato is just about democracy, and anyone who would oppose expanding it would therefore me anti democratic will be anti civilizational. so essentially told the russians who gave them a dilemma. we're going to expand the lock up there, border either 6 cylinder, nothing or we will campaign you so and yes so, so, so feeling prophecy, i think this is right for to use as we say in the states professor. damned if you do and damned if you don't. all right coming up next. nukes, nord stream, the you, when we'll talk proliferation and investigations. when we return with professor glen deezen. sit tight m o will be right back. ah ah. ah, during the 2nd world war and nazi occupied, poland valinda was a farming region today as part of ukraine between 19431945 membe

so under nato agreements and, and also, you know, on the demand of the nato countries, they will not accept a country into the military alliance. if that country is in a conflict, and the reason is because in under article 5, it's called of the nato treaties. there's a one for all clause which means that if one country is attacked, that they can call on all of the other countries to come to their defense and come and support them. and so if a country is at war i, when they join, than all of the other countries will immediately be dragged or could immediately be dragged militarily into that war. not just in the support that the many of the nato countries have been giving to ukraine already, but they would be required, potentially to send their own militaries in to support that war efforts. that's just simply not going to happen at the moment. stilton burke statement? oh, it does suggest that nato members are indeed pulling together when it comes to ukraine . is that your impression as well? i think we've seen a lot of support the ukraine as far as you know, trying to support them in t

that is something which nato denies. nato says it is purely a defensive alliance. the big move here for finland, the thing which will change really is that these 30 countries here, they make a promise to each other a take a collective defense pledge. it's known as article 5 of nate was founding treaty. and under that, i did an attack on one i lie, is seen as an attack on all. and that means that as of today, finland can count on military back up from big military powers cur, like the united states and all the other members of the asli. this alliance, including germany. and has there been any reaction from russia? well, russia sees nature as a threat to its own security. as i said, something which makes military alliance deny saying it is purely defensive. no, moscow has. there's been some rumblings over this past year. this has been a quite a that we've known for a long time, no for more than a year that finland wants to join. sweden also wanted, wants to join in that a's rumbling along as well. that process, however, russia has said in the past, there's been some

of course, nato is notjust about the atlantic treaty, it's about the organisation in nato.ull seat at the table. its military planners and civilian security planners, diplomats and defence officials will be fully involved in nato planning and contingency planning for security across the alliance and security in northern europe so this is very good news notjust northern europe so this is very good news not just for fenland northern europe so this is very good news notjust for fenland and nato but for the nordic neighbours to the west and baltic neighbours to the south of finland.— south of finland. thank you for “oininu south of finland. thank you for joining us _ south of finland. thank you for joining us and _ south of finland. thank you for joining us and for— south of finland. thank you for joining us and for your - south of finland. thank you for| joining us and for your thoughts south of finland. thank you for - joining us and for your thoughts on fenland joining nato today. donald trump is spending the night in new york — at trump tower — before appearing in court lat

this history of the udp with the movement towards nato still has a long history.ukraine, this topic gradually took a second or third place, now ukraine has actually rearmed the army, we are already on nato standards, that is, most of the units are also, as far as i know, switching to nato standards, well, at least the azov regiment was definitely er-er according to nato standards, formed , formulated er what do you think is possible? now ukraine is starting this process, it is clear that for nato it is a big problem that there is a war between russia and ukraine, because according to the nato charter , the countries there should not have any territorial disputes, but this is not a territorial dispute, it is actually aggression in its pure form, can ukraine become a member of nato before the end of the war. you know here. the question is that the nato statute does not say anything about territorial disputes or conflicts. this is an unwritten rule. well, if there is any dispute, then if a country cannot be accepted into nato, but in general, there is no such thing,

that is what the discovery did, that the ukrainian troops are training on the training grounds of nato countries - no, and that nato gives us weapons , countries, too, no. help is that news and we are talking about it i don't know in all the studios where possible this is not news either but some plans by the way, let me say about the fact that there will be a mandatory single plan of attack and so on there in essence and there are none hints about preparation and so on. that is, it was all done. it was all wrapped up in this way. what do you see plus the situation information on march 1? i have a question. why did it become known from march 1 only now? and what happened to the equipment in more than a month, the same equipment could become more and this is all, i think it pursues in addition to the goal to serve two goals, the first is to try to drive a wedge in trust between ukraine and its partners , that is, now the task is to start writing in the media that if this is true, then from which side krit and who could drain information from the american side from the ukrainian side or

it definitely was a big day for nato. this is a day that even 2 years ago we could not have imagined to happening in finland was, was quite content to be non aligned, militarily, believing that this was safest for it. sharing a border with russia and, and not wanting to invite more russian threats. at the same time, once russia invaded ukraine, all bets were off and felons entire perspective on its own security changed. so definitely washing that flag b. b rays that nato headquarters to day. i think it, it was an emotional moment to get into the alliance, wishing that they had joined along with finland and that's not to sweden is also ukraine, which has been promised that it will eventually become a member of nato t w's. terry shall speaking to sergio from brussels. all right, well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making use round the world rush and suicide . drones have struck the ukrainian city of odessa in an overnight attack. defense forces, so they shot down 14 of the 17 iranian made, cha had drones

this is how we safely joined nato .dim thank you, evgeny, the approach of the alliance's military infrastructure to our borders, of course, cannot remain without reaction, while the finns signed an agreement with nato. it is known that russia handed over to the armed forces. belarus has an operational tactical missile system from which it can use both conventional and nuclear missiles. in addition , part of the attack aviation of belarus turned out to be able to carry strikes with weapons in nuclear equipment. we continue the release the west, pumping up ukraine with weapons, is pushing the kiev regime to take active steps ukrainian propagandists feed their audience with tales about the impending offensive, they say, nato is about to, a menagerie of leopard marders and reinitz challengers in the buoy russia has something to answer, as the secretary said security council nikolai patrushev, our country has modern unique weapons that can destroy any enemy details. yet these are working. he ruined the carnet complexes of ta