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Russia has issued a chilling threat, saying it will launch nuclear weapons against the West if Nato forces enter Ukraine. The disturbing warnings were made ...

"We would respond if he uses it," he said. More than 10 million Ukrainians have fled their homes. At some point he's going to run out and he's going to lash out." "The nature of the response would depend on the nature of use." He said the West should provide "all the weapons we need" to "prevent the deaths of Ukrainians from Russian strikes, from Russian occupation". "That's that tipping point at which they can no longer really do the functions that they're set up to do, so he's resorting to missiles. Biden said Nato unity showed "Putin is getting exactly the opposite of what he intended". "I suspect that there's intelligence that the Americans have and the Europeans have that points to the possibility that he's going to use chemical weapons before he pulls the nuclear trigger," Wright-Neville said. Wright-Neville said he was becoming "more and more worried" about the possibility of a nuclear attack. "There's some suggestion emerging that there are Russian military documents from the 2010s that suggest a limited one-off nuclear strike to convey the message that Russia is not afraid of escalation would be one way of proceeding," he said. Colonel Knutov said this would entail the "use of powerful strategic nuclear weapons" which he said "means universal nuclear war". And military veteran Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, known as the "Butcher of Chechnya", called on Putin to secure the border between Ukraine and Poland.

by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the extraordinary Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government · 24 Mar. 2022 - · | · Last updated: 24 ...

But this is part of the immediate response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then I expect at the meeting today that the leaders will start the process that will provide us with advice to make more longer term decisions on our longer term deterrence and defence, because we need to reset our deterrence and defence. And I expect Allies to agree to accelerate the implementation of the commitments we have made to invest more in defence. And the brutal invasion of Ukraine just highlights, underscores the need to provide support to Georgia. These decisions, I expect leaders to take them at the summit later on in June. So these are two different processes, one is what we already have done, and that will be there as long as necessary. I therefore also welcome that the International Criminal Court has started an investigation and will look into this, because at the end it has to be this body that decides on issues related to violation of international law. And to declare a no-fly zone over Ukraine means that we need to impose it, and to impose a no-fly zone means that we need to massively attack Russian air defence systems in Russia, in Belarus and in Ukraine, and also be ready to shoot down Russian planes. or today in the meeting, that the leaders today in the meeting will express their support to partners which are under pressure from Russia and that includes of course, Georgia. Georgia has the right to choose its own path. And then the risk for a full-fledged war between NATO and Russia will be very high, and that will cause more deaths and more destruction. We do that because we have a responsibility to ensure that this conflict does not escalate beyond Ukraine. That will cause even more suffering, even more death, even more destruction. But we have also made it clear that we will not send in NATO troops on the ground, or NATO planes in the air. We do so to be able to respond and address any threat, any challenge to our security, and what kind of decisions… We are the strongest Alliance in the world.

President Joe Biden traveled to Brussels to attend an emergency meeting of NATO allies to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images). AFP via Getty Images. Text size.

“We’d make that decision at the time,” Biden said, responding to a reporter’s question. “The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use.” Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would respond “in kind” if Russia uses chemical weapons in its ongoing attack in Ukraine, President Joe Biden said on Thursday at an emergency summit meeting of the allies in Brussels.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the leaders of the US-led military alliance pose ...

As well as the extraordinary NATO summit taking place in Brussels there are meetings of EU leaders and the G-7. The governor attached stills and a video, which have not been verified, that he claimed showed buildings destroyed in the attack. "Today NATO leaders agreed to reset our deterrents and defense for the longer term to face a new security reality. Further details would be decided at the alliance's next summit in June, Stoltenberg said. At sea, we will have carrier strike groups, submarines and significant numbers of combat ships on a persistent basis," he added, with members also set to strengthen their cyber defenses. - As well as the extraordinary NATO summit taking place in Brussels there are meetings of EU leaders and the G-7.

NATO to send more battle groups to eastern Europe and will boost Ukraine's defence against potential chemical attack.

“It’s quite remarkable how things have been put together,” Szewczyk said. We have seen this use of a pretext to do the same themselves,” Stoltenberg said. “There is a risk that it will affect people living in NATO countries because we can see contamination and the spread of chemical agents into our countries,” Stoltenberg said. In his address to NATO, Zelenskyy accused Russia of having used phosphorous bombs on civilians. NATO to send more battle groups to eastern Europe and will boost Ukraine’s defence against potential chemical attack. NATO to send more battle groups to eastern Europe and will boost Ukraine’s defence against potential chemical attack.

US leader, speaking after Nato agreed to upgrade weapons supply to Ukraine, insists retaliation would be proportional.

This week it emerged that the White House had set up a special “Tiger Team” to work out how the US would respond if such an attack should take place. But there are limits; officials indicated they thought it unlikely any Nato country would want to provide tanks, for fear of Russian retaliation. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use.” We want him to remain uncertain … but we are clear there will be severe consequences,” they added. “We are remaining deliberately ambiguous. “We would respond if he uses it.