NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance is prepared for "all eventualities" when it comes to Russia's potential response to its impending enlargement when Finland and Sweden join. To date, the 30-member alliance has only invoked Article 5 once - in defense of the United States after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More F-35s in the United Kingdom."īiden referenced NATO's mutual defense clause, known as Article 5. We're stationing more air defense in Italy and Germany. We're stationing more ships here in Spain.
"For our part, the United States is doing exactly what I said we would do if Putin invaded: Enhance our force posture in Europe. "We will defend every inch of NATO territory," Biden added. "At this summit, we rallied our alliances to meet both the direct threats of Russia to Europe and the systemic challenges that China poses to a rules-based world order," he said. President Joe Biden said that NATO is "stronger than ever" after Sweden and Finland were invited to join the defensive alliance.īiden, speaking from a NATO summit in Madrid, said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin before the invasion of Ukraine that such an attack would galvanize, and not weaken, the military alliance. Meanwhile, the battle for the Donbas rages in Ukraine, with the city of Lysychansk, a twin city to the captured city of Severodonetsk, under constant shelling as Russian forces try to grind down Kyiv's forces. NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced earlier in the week that the Western military organization would increase the number of troops within its rapid response force - which comprises land, air, sea and special forces units that are capable of being deployed quickly - to 300,000 from about 40,000 personnel. plans to send another $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine. President Joe Biden said Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made the alliance stronger. Speaking at the NATO summit in Madrid, U.S. The alliance also reiterated its condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outlined plans to beef up its defenses in Europe and said China posed a "challenge" to its interests. That was made possible after a deal was forged with Turkey to accept the membership bids after initial objections from Ankara. Putin's comments come after the Western military organization officially invited Sweden and Finland to join it in a historic move on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to NATO's forthcoming expansion, saying he has no problem with Sweden and Finland joining the military alliance, but that if infrastructure is deployed to those countries, Russia will respond in kind.
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