is the nato alliance, a credible deterrent? and how real is the specter of the 3rd world war over that and much more on conflicts of a general coverage and sheriff, welcome to conflict. so you've called russia's invasion of ukraine, a real and present threat to the nato alliance. how worried are you? by putting waving his nuclear missiles under the west nose, very wired, indeed. persian pertinent well saw nothing and we need to recognize the real threat . but those was carry. and the threat is what of a 3rd world war? if yes, i don't want to the longest about this and won't get us to stay cool and calculating . but the reality is this, if the person conquers ukraine, and although the ukrainian people and military are fighting an incredibly brave battle, and we should take inspiration of that all. but all the odds are in a stacked and perchance favor. so if there is, if he conquered ukraine, if he occupies you current, i think the chances are that he will have a very high chance that he will decide to have a go at establishing,

you've basically been describing for the last few minutes, an alliance, the nato alliance. that isn't fit for purpose. when you, when you look at the huge resources available to nato countries and the relatively meagre pot to the russia can access, how is it? but moscow seems to be calling the shots i off because year after year defense experts have said, nato would have been hard to win a war with russia. and now where, according to you, at least on a path that could take us to a war. how is that ultimately, decisions about the size and shape and funding armed forces are made by our political leadership. not by not by the specialists. you have to carry a lot, a lot is quite right in a democracy, but it is the, and i civil power, the military. and the, the fundamental reason is that our political leadership, our electrons, have not been particularly in europe, especially in europe. because i think it's different in america or canada to the pen boss. gotcha. have not been for pad to invest adequately in defense. they have preferred to invest in social security and education

you've basically been describing for the last few minutes, an alliance, the nato alliance. that isn't fit for purpose. when you, when you look at the huge resources available to nato countries and the relatively meagre pot to the russia can access, how is it? but moscow seems to be calling the shots i off because you're off the air defense experts have said they took, would it been hard put to win a war with russia and not where according to you, at least on a path that could take us to a war, how is that ultimately, decisions about the size and shape and funding armed forces are made by our political leadership. not by not by the specialists. you have to carry a lot, a lot is quite right of democracy, but it is the, and i civil power, the military and the, the fundamental reason is that our political leadership, our electrons, have not been particularly in europe, especially in europe. because i think it's different in america or canada to the pen boss, have not been for pad to invest adequately in defense. they have preferred to invest in social security and education and

his commitment to article 5, the nato, a nato alliance. article 5, an attack on one is an attack on all. she said that commitment was iron clad. the u . s. was prepared to defend every inch of nato territory if necessary, pointing out the activation by nato, unprecedented of its defense plans. 4700 troops and patriot missiles there as well . but essentially encouraging these countries to keep doing for ukraine. what nato, as an alliance can't do, indeed, or i will leave it there. thank you very much for that. don't a whole there for us interview. the highest level talks in russia invaded ukraine 2 weeks ago, have ended with little sign of progress. turkey foreign minister hosted his ukrainian or russian count boss in antalya. this meeting was both. this conversation was both easy and difficult. easy because mister lover of basically followed his traditional narratives about ukraine. difficult, because i did my best to at least find a diplomatic solution. we also raised the issue of a fire 24 hour fire to resolve the most pressing humanitarian issues. we did not make progress on this sin

he's the nato alliance, a credible deterrent. and how real is the spectra, the 3rd world war, all that and much more. i'm complex. i general richard sheriff, welcome to convict zone you've called russia invasion of ukraine, a real and present threat to the nato alliance. how worried are you by putting waving his nuclear missiles under the west snows very wide indeed. persian prison both saw nothing and we need to recognize the real threat. but those was carry and the threat is one of the 3rd world war. if yes, i don't want to be alarmist about this and want to stay cool and calculation. but the reality is this, if the person conquers ukraine, and although the ukrainian people and military are fighting an incredibly brave battle, and we should take inspiration of that all. but all the odds are in a stacked and perchance favor. so if there is, if he conquered ukraine, if he occupies ukraine, i think the chances are that he will have a very high chance that he will decide to have a go at establishing, for example, a land cargo throu

is the nato alliance, a credible deterrent? and how real is the spectre of a 3rd world war? all that and much more on conflicts of general richard sheriff, welcome to conflict zone. you've called russia's invasion of ukraine, a real and present threat to the nato alliance. how worried are you? by putting waving his nuclear missiles under the west nose, very wide indeed. persian pertinent well, saw nothing. and we need to recognize the real threat. but those was carry. and the threat is what of a 3rd world war? if yes, i don't want of the longest about this and want to stay cool and calculating. but the reality is this, if the person conquers ukraine, and although the ukrainian people and military are fighting an incredibly brave battle, and we should take inspiration of that all. but all the odds are in a stacked and perchance favor. so if there is, if he conquered ukraine, if he occupies ukraine, i think the chances are that he will have a very high chance that he will decide to have a go at establishing, for example, a land card all through lithuania. it's colleen and grab

is the nato alliance, a credible deterrent? and how real is the specter the 3rd world war? all that and much more complex. i general to richard sheriff, welcome to convict zone you've called russia, has invasion of ukraine, a real and present threat to the nato alliance. how worried are you? by putin waiving his nuclear missiles under the west snows very wide, indeed, persian pretended well saw nothing and we need to recognize the real threat, but those was carry. and the threat is what of a 3rd world war? if yes, i don't want to be alarmist about this and won't get us to stay cool and calculating . but the reality is this, if the person conquers ukraine, and although the ukrainian people and military are fighting an incredibly brave battle, and we should take inspiration of that all. but all the odds are in a stacked and perchance favor. so if there is, if he conquered ukraine, if he occupies ukraine, i think the chances are that he will have a very high chance that he will decide to have a go at establishing, for example, land cargo. through lithuania, it's colleen and gr

is the nato alliance, a credible deterrent? and how real is the spectre of a 3rd world war on that and much more on conflicts of a general richard sheriff. welcome to conflict. so you've called russian invasion of ukraine, a real and present threat to the nato alliance. how worried are you by putting waving his nuclear missiles under the west nose very wide indeed. persian perkins will stop at nothing and we need to recognize the real threat. but those was carry and the threat is one of the 3rd world war. if yes, i don't have the longest about this and won't get us will stay cool and calculating . but the reality is this, if the person conquers ukraine, and although the ukrainian people and military are fighting an incredibly brave battle, and we should take inspiration of that all. but all the odds are in a stacked and perchance favor. so if there is, if he conquered ukraine, if he occupies ukraine, i think the chances are that he will have a very high chance that he will decide to have a go at establishing, for example, a lan

we are very clear, the nato alliance is stronger and russia is weaker. because of what putin has done. it is very clear to us. when it comes to crimes and violations of international norms, we are also clear that any intentional attack on innocent civilians is a violation. the u.n. has set up a process by which there will be a review and investigation, then we will participate as appropriate and necessary. we all watched. the television coverage just on yesterday. because we seen it or not does not mean it does not happen. but it is limited to what we have seen. pregnant women going for health care, being injured by a muscle, a bomb in it unprovoked, unjustified order? where a powerful country is trying to take over another country? violate its integrity by nothing that is justified or proposed? absolutely, there should be an investigation. we should all be watching. i have no question the eyes were the world is on, this war. and what russia has done in terms of this aggression and the atrocity. i have no doubt. andrzej duda: russians are committing more

alliance's eastern border. that would increase the number of nato forces in those eastern nato alliance countries from 20,000 to 40,000 within days, doubling that number. we're watching all of this unfold very, very closely. >> we are. thank you for joining us this hour. i'm poppy harlow. ukrainian president zelenskyy addressed nato ahead of these critical meetings delivering an impassioned plea for even more military assistance. listen. >> you have at least 8,000 tanks. ukraine asks for 1%. 1% of all your tanks. please give them to us or sell them to us, but so far, we have not heard a response. this is the worst thing about war is not to have a clear answer to request for help. >> today marks one month since this war began. this new video you're looking at coming in from chernhiv, ukraine, an example of devastation russia inflicted. heartbreaking humanitarian crisis. unicef announcing one in two ukrainian children has been displaced since this conflict began, wolf. >> so heartbreaking indeed to see what's going on now entering the second month of this brutal war. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan co

its military has more than proven itself to be capable of joining the nato alliance. t that nato now has to prove itself and we are also hearing more from jens stoltenberg, the nato chief who gave a press conference here earlier today and he was asked, you know, specifically about the idea that nato is going to put additional forces on a more permanent basis on that nato eastern flank because of how close the war has gotten to their borders and he would not answer that question directly but he did say nato forces are essentially preparing for the long haul here, preparing for a long-term security presence, given the clear and present threat that russia poses to the nato alliance and to europe. here's what he said. >> today with the four and the leaders agreed with commanders to provide options for a long-term reset of our presence, our military posture in the part of the lines. president putin in ukraine has changed our security environment for the long-term. it's a new reality. it's a new normal, and nato is responding for a long term. >> reporter: so this just unders

the nato military alliance has no plans to send troops like these into the very real theatre of war in ukraine. these troops are on a 5 day notice to deploy, but currently only within nato's borders. attending the drills, general vollmer once the 2nd highest officer in the german army, and now a top nato commander told d. w. news exclusively his greatly in favor of the recent move by the german government to increase annual military spending to 2 percent of g d. p, with an additional one off injection of a 100000000000 euros. our neighboring countries are counting on germany and with this announcement and with the will now to, to rebuild forces, re enforce them again, that is a strong statement. and of course, from a military perspective. and as a nato commander, i'm counting on germany that they brew rebuild capabilities. they gave away many years ago, the exercises here at camp renner, a. russo aimed at reassuring people living in norway, in the nearby town of hammer. people told us beth, fully aware of the drills and norway has border. we do with russia and we never know what can ha

so richard sheriff, former deputy supreme command go of the nato alliance. i my guess this week from london, conflicts own you have netflix or dw story said that the people, the world over information. they provide the opinions, they want to express d, w on facebook and twitter, up to date and in touch. follow us with a russia has stepped up its attacks across ukraine, the largest invasion for seen in europe since the 2nd world war. and if that's not serious enough, russia's president putin has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal by placing it on higher alert. he will seek to apply maximum force. and if nuclear is part about austell and he feels that he which it is and he feels it's going to give them an advantage. i've no doubt that he, we should be prepared for him to use it.

has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal by placing it on the higher alert is the nato alliance of a credible, determined. but how real? this is a 3rd world war generals to richard sheriff, former deputy supreme command, go with the nato alliance. i my guest this week from london, a conflict zone. you have neck, dw nathan to subscribe to lead to p a over convention home the forge. i'm told last missing that we can number a valley that the last dragons had called to home for 2 years. typically, you books on russia has stepped up its attacks of cross ukraine, the largest invasion for seen in europe since the 2nd world war. and if that's not serious enough, russia's president putin has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal by placing it on higher alert. he will seek to apply maximum force. and if nuclear is part of that austell and he feels that he which it is and he feels it's going to give him an advantage, i've no doubt that he, we should be prepared for him to use it. that's general sir. richard sheriff, former deputy supreme commando of the nato ally.

another summit in madrid where they're going to have their strategic concept come out for the nato allianceand militarily. but u.s. officials also did note today that what was notable about what zelenskyy said is also what he didn't say today. he didn't make that call for a no-fly zone. some of those things he couldn't get and didn't ask again to be part of the nato alliance. >> it was notable when our reporter in brussels reports that president biden talking to nato countries referenced president trump saying, you guys need to bump up your defense spending but i'm not going to say it in a mean way like trump did. is president biden going to have a little more success corralling these nato leaders over the next day or two? >> i think we've seen the president is very focused on trying not to get ahead of nato leaders, not ahead of eu leaders and that so far, he has been pretty successful keeping the coalition together. this trip is key to making sure they stay united as democratic countries trying to really contain russia and make sure that things don't escalate. of course, notably, you know

has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal by placing it on the higher left is the nato alliance of credible determine how real. this is spectra of a 3rd world war generals to richard sheriff, former deputy supreme commando of the nato alliance. i my guest this week from london. conflict zone you in 60 minutes. oh, d, w. oh. are driven by the merciless greed, others are fighting the destruction organic. when the invaders came to prison, they shut down the native to be the government is trying to destroy the indigenous people with a large scale. burton and grabbers are exploiting b, amazon rain forest. indigenous peoples are now bravely opposing them because it's not only the earth's brains loans that are dying to the rain. first we cease to exist and or people die out. a long term report from the heart of brazil starts march 9th on d. w with hello and welcome to focus on europe. thanks for joining us today. rush us, war against ukraine is one that will have major repercussions for the entire continent. the imprinted will leaf on europe is unforeseeable, even today.

and that is, the nato alliance is ready to defend every foot off their territory. and that was something that the major leaders retreated when they met in brussels on thursday. and that is the main message of president biden. hughes said around 10000 us soldiers are stationed in poland and this town know you're sure that he visited today has about 2700 of them. and he sat down with them to have a slice of pizza as american presidents tend to do when they visit their troops. and he said, we are very grateful for your service. and it is very important to defend the borders here and defend the nato alliance. and to show moscow that they can't advance any further. so that is the strategic aim really off this visit here. did always barbara vessel reporting from warsaw there ukrainian runner who flat her country last month, one marathon in jerusalem today. valentine over at scar, left ukraine with her 11 year old daughter, while her husband was also her coach, stayed behind. she told the w that fans back home had urged her to run for peace. just a few weeks ago, valentin

richard sheriff, former deputy supreme commando of the nato alliance and my guest this week from london, a conflict zone. you have netflix on d, w on the war and ukraine. many say they'll resist for as long as possible. hundreds of thousands our fleet, the finding. what does it feel like to leave everything behind how our neighboring nations coping with the wave of refugees? and how do russians actually view hooton's war? focus on europe. in 60 minutes, d, w. o. and devastated with our we can with cars carry the effects of climate change. i mean, felt worldwide deforestation in the rain forest, continued carbon dioxide emission, have risen again. young people over the world are committed to claim that protection. what impact will because change doesn't happen on its own. make up your room, mind you w me for mine's russia has stepped up. it's a tax across ukraine, the largest invasion for seen in europe since the 2nd world war. and if that's not serious enough, russia's president putin has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal, by placing it on higher alert. he will seek to a

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so i do not think, however, it would lead to any change in president biden's position or the nato alliance's troops should be fighting in ukraine, that nato troops should be fighting in ukraine. >> what do you make, stepping back a little bit, rose, what do you make of president biden's leadership amid this major russian threat that's unfolding? >> biden really seems to be in his element, honestly. he said it himself during his press conference yesterday when he noted how he has been at this longer than anybody else around those tables yesterday, really very experienced, both as head of the senate foreign relations committee for many years and as vice president. so he does know what the issues are very, very well inside and out and he seems to have also, a very strong firmness of mind in terms of what needs to be done next and that type of leadership is all important at this moment. >> you make an important point. r rose, thank you very much. >>> up next, we'll hear from an american who trained ukrainian air force pilots. what he said about their impressive performance against russian forces

. >> she said in defense of the nato alliance.s ukraine is not nato, was that a mistake or on purpose, the white house changing the transcripts which we have here to read the united states stands firmly with ukraine people and in defense of the nato alliance. if you listen to that and you look here as we've highlighted the and got added in. charlie hurt, what is going on here, it is insane. charles: she's out of her depth when she goes over to europe and starts talking about this stuff, she is unsafe at any speed obviously propaganda as part of any war that's when politicians say in the middle of war is very, very important and important that they get it right, the business of saying one thing and the white house trying to clean it up further undermines her credibility and there's a lot of handwringing about the u.s. doing more in the defense of ukraine. i tell you a big reason why the american people are not down with that, they simply do not trust as a administration to carry out anything that is dangerous. when you get things l

every member of the nato alliance right now is providing assistance to ukraine . almost all of them are providing support. some are doing contrary to long-standing policies. norway, germany, others have taken decisions to provide legal support sometimes for the first time in many decades. we also have many countries providing humanitarian support as well.in the case of the particular situation with poland where poland had heard this request come in from ukraine about the soviet era mig, every ally is doing their best to assess what more they can do to support ukraine . poland for this request come in from kyiv and then tried to through ways in which they could deliver on that specific request. they consulted with the united states, us has hadmany questions about it . the logistics of actually transferring these planes to ukraine is complicated. there are open-ended questions about pilots, about fuel, about missiles just the sheer mechanics of moving them across the border so you did hear correct that the pentagon's position on this, the bidens administration's pos

nato is an alliance of many countries _ conflict? ing on geography. poland is a country bordering with russia and ukraine and is almost at the front line so the risk that we are bearing is higher than other nato members. we need to discuss what should be our response in a way that the risk is being either compensated or shared by other nato members and are more or less the same way. this is the nature of any alliance. but the fact that there are differences of opinion is natural. we are working intensively with our allies to reach a conclusion that will be satisfactory and by satisfactory i mean effective support for ukrainian defence efforts, stopping putting and stopping this war. i defence efforts, stopping putting and stopping this war.— and stopping this war. i earlier soke to and stopping this war. i earlier spoke to vladimir— and stopping this war. i earlier spoke to vladimir tich - and stopping this war. i earlier spoke to vladimir tich coe, - and stopping this war. i earlier| spoke to vladimir tich coe, the brother of the may

nato troops on russia's border. the desire for ukraine never to join the alliance. ironically, he's going to end up with even more nato troops along his border. nato is florida, find it defenses in places like poland, lithuania, estonia and lot be reinforcing its troops in in romania. the interesting thing is that had he decided on another course of action, more hybrid then he could have gotten the cracks and fishers in the alliance that he likes to see, but he's really created unity and solidarity. rachel result from the atlanta counselors, europe center. thank you. ukrainian president valid america lansky has delivered an address to german lawmakers in a speech via video link. he said germany had enabled russia's invasion of his country by becoming dependent on russian energy imports. he also accused germany's political class of failing to recognize the growing russian threat and called for more action to end the war. his country is not far from germany, and it is being destroyed by war. in his address to the german parliament, ukrainian presidency. lensky vividly described the atrocities russert is committing in uk

territory, it would cause the invocation of article 5 and we would bring the full force of the nato alliance to bear in responding to it. >> on "face the nation" national security advisor jake sullivan reiterated the u.s. will defend nato territory. the strike came one day after moscow warned u.s. weapons sent to ukraine are legitimate targets. >> we believe in our capacity to continue to flilitary assistanc, weapons and supplies to the front in ukraine. >> the latest provocation comes amid concerns russia may use chemical weapons. >> we haven't seen anything that indicates some sort of eminence, chemical or biological attack right now but we are watching this very closely. >> president biden has said putin would pay a severe price if that happened. a new cbs news poll found strong support for actions the administration has already taken. 77 percent of americans support sanctions on russia's oil & gas. >> and 63 percent say they support them even if gas prices go up. >> and that poll also finds that 59 percent want the u.s. to establish a no fly zone over i crane. now that number does drop,

how does the nato alliance in the world react to that?ansferring these big 29s. these are capable jets built by the russians but they were part of the polish arm forces and ukrainian pilots have flown that jet. they know how to do it. the required step is for the u.s. to back fill the polish jets when they are turned over to the ukrainians. it could be a game changer in the sky in ukraine. >> there is a fine line. stop the russians without fighting them and check putin's aggression but give him a way out before the situation gets more dangerous. how long can the united states walk this fine line and does putin want a way out? >> as to whether putin wants a way out, we have to turnover a few more cards and i will tell you this. the more russian body bags go home to moscow, the likely he is to find a climb down here. what we need to do is provide the ukrainian means to fight, antiarmor and intelligence and cyber over watch. we need to slam putin with heavy sanctions, i would argue to include oil and gas and above all we need to continue to

president biden is in an emergency meeting with 29 other members, with 29 other members of the nato alliance of the g7 here in brussels. the talks come as the ukrainian president is calling on nato to provide ukraine with just 1%, 1% of its weapons stock. let's discuss what's going on with former u.s. ambassador richard haass, the president of the council on foreign relations, also the author of a very important book entitled "the world: a brief introduction." thank you for joining us. big picture, realistically speaking and you're familiar with all this stuff what do you expect to emerge from this hastily arranged gathering of world leaders here in brussels? >> i think most important thing besides the demonstrations of political and diplomatic solidarity would be a commitment to provide both the quantity and the quality of arms that ukraine needs. i don't see a lot more to do on the sanks f s the sanksanctions front, since germans are not prepared to meaningly reduce their energy imports at this point. what needs to be discussed behind closed doors are contingency plans. what is nato prepar

we begin with nato and joe biden's verdict on the unity of that alliance on the crisis. >> putin was ing on nato being split. my earlier conversation with him in december and january it was clear he didn't think we could sustain this cohesion. nato has never, never been more united than today. putin is getting exactly the opposite what he intended to have as a consequence of going into ukraine. we have built that same unity with our european union and with the leading democracies of the g7. >> the leaders of the military alliance approved plans to send 40,000 more troops to eastern europe tackle what they describe as the biggest security crisis in a generation. four new nato battle groups are to be sent to the eastern flank to to slocum, hundred garry, bulgaria and romania. >> we are resetting nato terms and defense for the long term. with more troops,ith more air assets and more capability. we will increase the presence in the east and today we send four new battle groups and the leaders agree to provide options for a long-term reset of our presence, military posture in the alliance.

nato troops on russia's border. the desire for ukraine never to join the alliance. ironically, he's going to end up with even more nato troops along his border. nato is fortifying it defenses in places like colon, lithuania, estonia and lot be reinforcing its troops in in romania. the interesting thing is that had he decided on another course of action, more hybrid than he could have gotten the cracks and fishers in the alliance that he likes to see, but he's really created unity and solidarity. rachel result from the atlantic counseling europe center. thank you. here's a look at some other developments in the conflict. u. s. secretary of state antony lincoln says russia is making no meaningful diplomatic effort to end the war in ukraine. he also said he agrees with president biden, that russia has committed war crimes. biden added that he believes russia's kootenai is a murderous dictator. waging an immoral war. more warriors. an apartment block in the ukrainian capital cave caught fire after was hit by the remnants of a damned russian rocket. emergency services say at least one person was killed and 3 others injured

what is at stake this very moment are some of the guiding principles around the nato alliance, and in particular the issue and the importance of defending sovereignty and territorial integrity in this case of ukraine. as the president has described, we have been witnessing for weeks, and certainly just in the last 24 hours atrocities of unimaginable proportion. a maternity hospital, children's hospital where we have witnessed pregnant women who were there for care, for one reason being taken out because they required care because of an act of violence, unprovoked, unjustified. i am here in poland assen expression of the enduring relationship between the united states and poland that, again, has been longstanding. but in particular on the issue of ukraine is unified and is clear. we will do everything together in partnership, in solid dasoli date of the needs of ukraine and the ukrainian people. we discuss many issues that relate to our special bond also. i will say as a point of personal privilege, we have a substantial polish-american community. in my hometown of los angeles but thro

definitely let discussion within the nato alliance has a different angle thanit nato alliance has a different over the decades. i want to view due a short extract of a letter from want to view due a short extract of a letterfrom a us want to view due a short extract of a letter from a us attache to the moscow embassy published yesterday. he said, during his time in moscow the long dark path to what was obvious. he said, we repeatedly warned of the inevitability of conflict in detail regularly and with the despair of cassandra. did you see it coming and did the west walked into this? i did you see it coming and did the west walked into this?— walked into this? i did not see this massive invasion, _ walked into this? i did not see this massive invasion, massive - walked into this? i did not see this massive invasion, massive war - massive invasion, massive war coming? i'm on the record with not too many people in telling public opinion that we in nato have also been extremely naive by neglecting serious defence spending, getting our house in order. they cause we thought when the berlin wall fel

dangerous turn, with russia firing on a ukrainian military base close to the polish border and nato alliancee sky turned red, witnesses hn 35 people dead, and an escalation of the war only a few miles from poland, a key nato ally. the base was used by u.s. and nato trainers over the years. heavy shelling rained down in the north and the south, where the morgues are now so full, victims are laid out in the freezing cold. among those spared gather here, below an abandoned market. their childhood interrupted by an invading army. even though these are russian speakers, the very people putin says he wants to protect. says the mayor -- >> it is border between russians and western civilization. >> reporter: if it falls, the next domino is odesa, the former crown jewel of the russian empire. and today, ukraine's biggest port on the black sea. ukraine's president says an attack here is imminent. it's a city that's half deserted. the half that's here steels itself with anti-tank defenses and optimism. like this soldier, who calls himself snake. "for 15 days we've stood up against the second biggest ar

and so i do think that the solidarity within the nato alliance has really been revived to an extent thatlly not seen since the cold war. you're saying it's a good thing but part of the end of history idea was that force would no longer be appropriate or needed and this has shown how wrong that was. well, yes, that's. .. just to be fair, i never said that history was somehow this automatic mechanism that went on despite the actions of, you know, individuals, we still have human agency and i think it's pretty clear that if people don't believe in liberal democracy, if they don't fight for it, if they don't constantly struggle for it, it's not going to happen. and that's, i think, a useful reminder to everybody. ok, so germany spending 2% of gdp on defence is a good thing... it's a good thing, definitely. ..because it's defending liberal democracy when you talk about what this will all mean for populists, um... nicholas farrell in the spectator writes that, "the war puts the raison d'etre "of most european right wing populists, "the defence of the nation state and national sovereignty "back

nato. he ran on strengthening american alliances. and that is literally what he is attempting to do with this trip to nato this week, and as he said at his onset of his remarks, he said he believes that putin miscalculated. putin thought that he could divide nato and he did exactly the opposite. president biden said putin produced, actually, a nato that is more united than it has been in quite some time. >> yeah. very united right now, nato, indeed. phil mattingly, you know, the china issue, very, very significant right now. the president basically saying when he spoke with xi jinping the other day, basically saying, if china supports russia, providing military assistance, provides other assistance to russia, china's going to pay a huge economic price. the sanctions against russia have been almost pretty crippling right now. china potentially could race for something along those lines. that was what the president was suggesting, right? >> reporter: you know, the white house has been very cautious about laying out exactly what any repe

the nato alliance and that president biden is committed to the nato alliance and saying the attack from one is an attack on all. yesterday we had a similar message from antony blinken. we will defend every inch. no one should doubt our readiness and resolve. >> i want to go back to our guests just before we heard from the secretary of state there and i hope you're still there with me. thank you. i'm sorry to have interrupted. i'm going to ask you, you were talking about the importance of mariupol and taking the southern part of ukraine. finish your point there. why is this so important, taking the southern part of ukraine here for putin? >> so the eastern ukraine will connect, a necks crimea to much-needed water resources, energy resources, but also it will land lock ukraine and cut it off from the black sea and as i was saying, the seaport of mariupol and verdannes that are there are key for ukrainian export, for the world actually export of cereal. this will have a cascading effect on the global economy, markets, middle east, africa, china. we should remember the effect of that occupa

as a nato alliance. jon: is it the case he only understands force? and if you provide enough force to the ukrainians to fight him off, well, he will perhaps learn a lesson? >> certainly possible, ukrainians have shown their willingness to fight and stand and how effective they are as a people against the russians. and i do believe that if they are adequately armed, and ready. and we could very nearly and soon see them moving into some soft of offensive posture, i could see that. jon: defense secretary has talked about possibility of russians using chemical or biological weapons, your reaction? >> i think if chemical or biological weapon was used, you would see a significant reaction from not only the united states but also the global community. i think this is a very serious step, you heard our president say we won't take that lightly. >> all right, if the weapons were used, would you expect a more robust response from the nato nations or u.s.? >> i hope we would. we have seen what a robust response against the use of chemical weapons can be in place

has reminded the world of his massive nuclear arsenal by placing it on the higher alert is the nato alliance of a credible, determined. and how will this is a 3rd world more general to richard cheer, a former deputy supreme commando of the nato alliance. i'm my guest this week from london conflict zone. you have in 30 minutes on dfw, with happiness for everyone. human penises are very different from primate if we have a totally ridiculous romanticized view nature and david and this is climate change, regulate sex, who have penis in 3 books. you'll get smarter for pre d w books on you too. i making the headline to stand. what's behind d w? news africa. the show that the issue is shaping the continent. life is slowly getting back to normal. yeah. well, the streets to give you enough reports on the inside of our cars. funds is on the ground reporting from across the continent and all the french stuff. the mazda u. t. w is africa every friday on d w. ah, they've had no pay $40.00 for decades. people of iraq. our country is devastated and there's no end to how did it come to this? gina witnesses

as a former nato supreme allied commander said, president putin's actions have reinvigorated the alliance. and for years, the supreme allied commander of nato, at every conference, every meeting of high level nato officials, i would find my way to chancellor angle of merkel of germany and the minister of defense 1st lavonne to mind. and i would say to dan, you've got to raise your defense spending. and i got nowhere in 4 years in 48 hours . flattered, mere putin has inspired the germans to effectively nearly doubled their defense budget. a smart move on the part of germans. vladimir food may be the best thing that ever happened to the nato alliance. we can cross live now to all the and russia analyst multi mccully mossey. welcome swats international. now, what do you make of nato countries? plans to boost that military budget? that's in lights of the current war in ukraine. it was, in fact, as the previous speaker said, i, as reinvigorated nato. it's made nato now more relevant because until last year, until the end, eventually the war in your ah, many people in europe questioned. ah, the