the sultan burg added that nato would continue to provide ukraine with strong political support. this is the crisis created by russia alone. we commend ukraine for its restraint in not responding to russia's repeat, the publications, we stand in solid, either with the ukrainian people on its government. allies are united in their full support for ukraine's sovereignty on 3rd, eternal integrity within its and nationally recognized borders. russia's actions have brought a flood of condemnation from western leaders. the strongest european retaliation at this stage is germany's decision to halt the key nord stream to gas pipeline. this should bring russian gas for europe, but still needs to go ahead from german regulators. chancellor, olaf shulte says the project is now suspended indefinitely. german chancellor shots on his way to announcing a key foreign policy decision to hold the highly controversial note string to pipeline in response to russia's recognition of 2 separatist regions in ukraine. the largest sort of the situation, today's fundamentally different esser and therefore

exercises, italy, germany, grief and pain are all part in the drills nato secretary general young sultan burg will become the head of norway central bank. the term in the alliance and only certain of timber critic fear his appointment will weaken the bank independence sultan burke has previously served as more ways by minister and finance than star iceland has announced plans to and wailing by 2024. the fisheries minister said she sees little reason to permit wailing after the current license fires together with norway and japan. iceland is one of the only countries to continue to hunt whales, commercially or criticism, is growing here in germany and across europe over moscow's decision to shut down the russian operations of this channel. deutsch avella and the movies. apparently in retaliation for german media regulators, prohibiting russia state media outlet r t from broadcasting in germany and the west. these are t as broadcasting kremlin propaganda and dis, information. joyce velez, moscow office is now closed, and d, w. 's journalists can no longer work from russia. the russian governmen

we've heard from the nato secretary general yann's sultan burg, saying that the most dangerous moment for european security in a generation is what is transpiring now. he has accused russia of being active in the dumbass region since 2014. he says that covert russian military operations have now become overt and that he has evidence of a large scale planned russian invasion into ukraine. but at the same time, we are hearing from frances foreign ministry that they don't see signs of a invasion happening any time soon. or as of yet, at the same time, we know that more than a 100 nato, a croft on high end of it, and some 120 allied ships are underway. now, the russian ambassador to the united states has said that history has shown that sanctions do not work. and he says that russia will not revive her foreign policy under the threat of restrictions. there have always been restrictions from the waist on russia. he says, this comes as the united nations continues to refuse to call what is happening in the donna best region, a genocide, which is the terminology that the russian president vl

what does it mean for nato secretary general sultan burg explained it like this. he said, even if you could deescalate the current very high pitch of tension. now that we know that russia can and will some, in this massive show of power and will use it to threaten neighbors and will use it to back up ultimatums. you can't ever going back to, to feeling as secure as you did before this situation arose. and that's beside the physical point that when russia says it moves troops around, it often leaves the heavy weaponry and the sort of combat infrastructure in place. so just moving troops back to their garrisons does not give you security. it simply is, is a show which in fact, nato isn't even seeing at this point despite their russian defense ministries claims. so i think this stilton berg said this is something that we're going to have to live with, but it was also a message to the kremlin that your going to have to live with the consequences of this, this build up on nato territory that you didn't want that's a consequence of your actions, and that's not going any

and let's hear now from nato secretary general and sultan burg, who's been speaking to the press today? no dollars activated over the fence bounce on the us. it is sold. we are deploying elements over the nato response force, own law at sea, on india, to further strength mo, poster on to respond quickly to in the contingency. let's talk the more about this with d. w corresponded nato expert, terry shoulds, who was at that press conference in brussels. terry, what did he in stoughton berg have to say about nato troop deployment to the eastern part of the alliance? what secretary general soldier berg was describing, there is something that's happening for the 1st time in nato history today. and that is that some of the elements of the rapid response force, these are the, the troops that have been ready to respond to any emergency most quickly. are now going to be deployed to the eastern flank. he did not give us any idea about exactly how many troops that would be where they'd be going or where they'd be taken from. but suffice to say that their job is to move there quickly. so i would e

yes, sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down. there are signs from moscow that the diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for courses, optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of the escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. wanted me put and says he is ready to talk to you as leaders about ukraine's request to join the 30 member nato alliance. and he says that is a conversation which cannot be put off any longer. something both nato and u. s. leaders have refused to discuss so far and until that issue is resolved, it is now clear that this crisis could continue for months to come. door such a worry al jazeera moscow. the russian parliament is calling on president putin to recognize to break away regions in easton, ukraine. as independent states, mister putin has described was happening in those regions as genocide. he did not provide any evidence fish on that una nauseous throne yet he is completely or is that the overwhel

and we hope that this will continue in the belgian capital nato secretary general yan sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down nay. there are signs from moscow. the 3rd diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for cautious optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sort of d escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. let me put and says he is ready to talk to you as leaders about ukraine's request to join the 30 member nato alliance. and he says that is a conversation which cannot be put off any longer. something both nato and u. s. leaders have refused to discuss so far and until that issue is resolved, it is now clear that this crisis could continue for months to come door such a bari al jazeera moscow steadfast and is in louis nits in the southern barouche. one of the places russia has been building up troops. i have to say there's quite some my skepticism here. also in the south of beller, was about the statement that the russian troops are leaving or abo

yes, sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down. now there are signs from moscow. dr. diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for courses, optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of the escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. let me put and says he's ready to talk to us leaders about ukraine request to join the 30 member nato alliance. and he says that is a conversation which cannot be put off any longer. something both nato and us leaders have refused to discuss so far. and until that issue is resolved, it is now clear that this crisis could continue for months to come. door safari, al jazeera, moscow, ukraine and western leaders say they haven't seen enough evidence that russian troops withdrawing the circles where russia is thought of deployed. more than 130000 troops surrounding ukraine on 3 sides. russian soldiers also deployed in the next region of crime in and back thousands of fighters in to rebel held eastern provin

and as a result of that, a sultan burg said that the alliance needs to reconfigure to face these new challenges in the years to come. and sir, talk about setting up a new battle group in romania. they're already around for battle groups, sir. in the baltic states in sonya latvia, lithuania and in poland as well. around 7000 troops, u. s. troops and nato troops. in in poland, around 1200. in estonia, in latvia, each and latvia each and all. so around $1500.00 and and left you amy. i gather that there are around $900.00 troops already in romania, but the plan would essentially mean ramping up that number to something much more significant, possibly in their thousands and would be potentially france that has over all military control over those troops. stilton berg was very blunt, or in his final press conference of the day, he said that you are p insecurity was in crisis. and these were the new challenges that the alliance had to face. and so what happens next? now it doesn't seem like the tension is easing at the nato secretary general. they're saying that nato is still open to dialog

i asked secretary general sultan burg directly. will you still talk to vladimir putin after this invasion? and he did not say that he was revoking his invitation to talk to the russians any time i think that they're going to leave open the option, the only reasonable option for ending the conflict of dialogue. and you'll also note that the european union in the sanctions had placed directly on president putin and on foreign minister lab rav. it did not impose a trouble ban on them, because they want them to be able to come and talk. they want people to be able to go and talk to them. nobody thinks that there's a military solution to this crisis and that still that predominant line. but i think you have nato allies meeting now constantly in at 30 well 30 allies around the table talking about what more they can do to help ukraine. short, of course, have boots on the ground, but you see more equipment pouring in. you see more aid. you see humanitarian aid. poland has offered to be a hub for both nato and the european union because you

so nato secretary general, yet sultan burg says the russian aggression is the new normal for europe. what exactly does this mean? i think in today's press conference after the ministerial meeting here at nato headquarters in brussels, that they are expecting a long, drawn out high pressure tactics from russia. so this is not something that these exercises are going to wind up as the russians are pretending. but he expects it to be a very long drawn out experience. so this means that our seeing kind of a challenge to the helsinki agreements are back in 1975 that soviet union assigned as well as western countries. and this is kind of challenging, you know, don't change borders through power moves and who tis really pushing hard to do said that we might be returning back to y'all to just kind of the spheres of influence. and i think one of the most telling signs is that troops all the way from russia as far east, i moved towards ukraine border, which means that there's a taste degree pasent agreement between moscow and beijing. and to cooperate on this. and i think that sends a very we'

something that could destabilized the whole of europe. russia is creating a new normal said sultan burg, by using force to contest the principle of serenity in europe. the alliance he said, must respond possibly with a new nato battle group in romania. the hope of an easy end to the stand off is fast fading. the fog al jazeera brussels, the ukrainian government is saying, as cyber attack, the head, the defense ministry, is the worst the countries ever seen and suspects russia to be behind him, the crime in his reject it that. meanwhile, inside ukraine itself, people have been raising the flag in a national day of unity as a show of defiance in that fears russia mine they'd. 1200 meter long fly, was carried through the olympic stadium and care present. ramirez lensky as monk the day by attending military trails near the border with that a roof and is called on ukrainians to show resilience route you. we are not afraid whatever's forecast. we are not afraid of any pupil any enemy. we are not afraid of any dates, because we will defend ourselves both on the 16th of february and on the 17th

back more troops from a near the border with ukraine, including from the crimean peninsula, while sultan burge, in this news conference just now again, reiterating that so far me too, does not see any sign of de escalation. he said, russia maintains a massive military presence on the ground, but adding that nato is prepared for dialogue and that it's not too late to choose the path of peace. nato secretary general also announcing that defense ministers from the alliance have been tasked, or have actually task their commanders to consider battle ground troops be sent to central and south eastern europe as a defense in and deterrence. m a move. let's bring in neve. barker, in brussels, was been listening in to that news conference and following developments throughout the day, or here on out to 0 off that nato defense ministers meeting nato, again, very skeptical or neve, about this russian draw down. talk us through that. the highlights of that youth conference from his secretary gentle i think there are really, really stern words and reading gloomy projection form their yen stilton berg about

but the end of day one young sultan burge said that he believed that european security was in a deep crisis. that the alliance faced is faces an existential threat, and that in response, it may need to consider bolstering its defenses in eastern europe. the door to diplomacy, though it's hoped, remains open. fis bump diplomacy as defense chief some nato countries including the u. s. and germany arrive the lines headquarters to strengthen their stance on russia and pour 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 insular seas from kia in 2014 and returning to bass. but nato secretary general was quick to dismiss any talk of a d escalation of tensions. we do not see any sign of the escalation on the ground, nor withdrawals of our troops or equipment. this may of course change. however, what we see to day is that, that russia maintains a massive invasion force ready to attacked with high end ca

he claims moscow is still ready to carry out an attack. sultan burg also stated that nato needs to see the withdrawal of russian forces including heavy equipment the kremlin, say's that's exactly what is happening. russia has said it is returning some troops to the 22 bases after military exercises, who completed a you saying, then this isn't true or that you're not seeing any kind of change on the ground. so what we need to see is a significant on during withdrawal of forces troops, ne, the heavy equipment. so far we have not seen and the d escalation on the ground. not seen any science of reduced russian id purposes. so on the borders of the ukraine, russia has amassed a fighting force in their own ukraine. everything is now in place for and you attacked that was no invasion, no food of kiev, no aerial bombardment. those tens of thousands of troops, apparently aggressive, just because they were conducting drills on their own territory going home. but still, it's not enough. it makes you think of that is not the escalation for me to them. what is, maybe it would just provide if russia

we received 2 small pieces of paper, one from nato secretary general sultan burg, another from just a barrel. they say, don't worry, we need to continue the dialogue. the main thing is to ensure de escalation around ukraine. i just think that this is a neglect of the norm, which was enshrined at the highest level and according to which no organisation can consider itself the main ones. therefore, we will continue to seek a concrete response from each country as was expected in the west, a russian aggression or a threat of invasion. it has actually come that the russian side has made a step toward said diplomacy. as it always said, he was pushing the line for diplomacy and the escalation now that has come in the form of sending those troops out from the ukrainian board and from the southern and western military districts, back to their base is it comes as something of a good will oh, offering a good, a sign of good will from vladimir putin on just moving over to the u. s. sir, president biden was once a bang the drum of that eminent invasion. he gave a specific day when as far as to sa

and we hope that this will continue in the belgian capital nato secretary general yan sultan burg, expressed the cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down nay. there are signs from moscow. the 3rd diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for cautious optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of the escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. let me put and says, he's ready to talk to us leaders about ukraine's request to join the 30 member nato alliance. and he says that is a conversation which cannot be put off any longer. something both nato and us leaders have refused to discuss so far. and until that issue is resolved, it is now clear that this crisis could continue for months to come. door safari, al jazeera, moscow, u. k. prince andrew has reached an out of court financial settlement with virginia to fray. she had filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her 20 years ago when she was 17 years old. the prince, whose queen elizabeth sutton, denied the allegations to

a yen says sultan burg. let's listening to what they have to say . security the number of russian forces is going up. the warning time for a possible attack is going down. now does not affect to russia, but do must be prepared for the worst wat remaining strongly committed to finding a political solution. the u. k is pulling a leading role, delivering both militarily and diplomatically. i welcome your offer more troops, ships and planes to nathan. an additional troops that you are deploying to poland showed allied so that the inaction the u. k. leads nate, those but europe in a stone. you contribute to nato's air policing and the aircraft carrier, h. m, as prince awaits, leads. nate, those maritime high redness force, all of this sense, a clear message that we will defend and protect all alice. we also have acted, diplomacy, right? the coast alliance with nato leaders working to get urchin, rochelle, to de escalate. i welcome your support to ukraine, as well as your recent contact with president putin and the visit the foreign secretary trust to mosc

representatives of the european union commission and nato giving a joint news conference in brussels. yen sultan burg. his 2nd news conference, actually, he said we are at a grave moment for security in europe. earlier, he said, peace on our continent has been shattered. and this time around we heard from us, evangeline, who talk more specifically about once again, sanctions and other measures which are going to be taken against russia. dominant cane is in berlin and was listening to that as well. oh, sort of underlying said sanctions. we'll seriously degrade the russian economy that will cut russian industry from the tech needed to build the future. it's all very big picture stuff, isn't it? also a big picture, but we never don't seem to be getting down to the nitty gritty of precisely what she means. we should find that out later on today because we know that there's gonna be the e u summit, that special summit extraordinary summit can vote by president michelle who was there flanking yen jordan bag in that 3 way news conference. it's still going on right now. that's the thing here. what specifical

and we hope that this will continue in the belgian capital nato secretary general yan sultan burg, expressed cautious optimism at the news of the russian draw down nay. there are signs from moscow. the 3rd diplomacy should continue. this gives grounds for cautious optimism. but so far, we have not seen any sign of the escalation on the ground. despite these intense diplomatic efforts, there are still many outstanding issues at the heart of the crisis. let me put and says he is ready to talk to you as leaders about ukraine's request to join the 30 member nato alliance. and he says that is a conversation which cannot be put off any longer. something both nato and us leaders have refused to discuss. so far and until that issue is resolved, it is now clear that this crisis could continue for months to come door such a bari al jazeera, moscow rushes parliament, his calling on president putin to recognize, to break away regions in eastern ukraine as independent states earlier. but in describe the situation in those regions as genocide, fission that you even of nauseous throne you. these completely

whether to have that meeting between mr. lab rav and mr. blanket and young sultan burg, the nato secretary general. he is clear in his mind, obviously, james, that this is a very dangerous time in the immediate sort of history of europe going back as far as the last generation. yeah, absolutely. he is talking about all of those trips that of that because remember, for this recognition the to break away republics, you didn't need to have these troops of president putin just need to say that you can study without note without any trips. there are totally get done with the, with the element of surprise. so i think you know that, that, that, that shows that those, the worry that there is in the west that those troops might be there ready for the next phase. whatever the next phase may be, so that i think there's deep concern about what could happen next. i think the other thing we're saying about the nato secretary general is that he called this a further in the last 24 hours of the invasion of ukraine. and that's something that has been talks about as we wait for president putin in the white

now, mikaela euro listening to yan sultan burge there, and he mentioned a peaceful solution. he talked about trans atlantic relationship briefly. what was your impression of, of began shelton birds words well, 1st of all, we've learned that we really are on that brink. that is something that we don't really want to be debating so much. he is certainly in the european union that many politicians are sighing away from that. he also said that if russia wants less nato on its borders, it will eventually get more native, bigger, and they to, to is bolstering it's troops. so that is a clear message sent and with the hope that no action has to follow. ok, mikaela kushner at d. w as chief political editor who's in munich force and at our chief political correspondent in the crime, who's been here since you to thank you both for your analysis. now you're watching deed of new news from berlin. more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can follow the entire unit security conference live on our youtube channel. combo hires on ukrainian present voluntary to lansky speaking t

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