NATO chief warns that Putin wants long-term confrontation with …
Dec 12, 2024 · BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense spending. “It is time to shift to a wartime mindset,” Rutte told security experts and analysts at the Carnegie Europe think ...
Russia–NATO relations - Wikipedia
Russia–NATO relations started to substantially deteriorate following the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in 2004–05 and the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. They deteriorated even further in 2014, when on 1 April 2014, NATO unanimously decided to suspend all practical co-operation as a response to the Russian annexation of Crimea.
Russia will be ‘at war’ with NATO if Ukraine long-range missile ...
Sep 12, 2024 · Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that NATO allowing Ukraine to use longer-range missiles to strike inside his country would be seen by Moscow as the bloc’s direct entry into the war.
NATO - Topic: Relations with Russia
Aug 5, 2024 · In light of its hostile policies and actions, NATO can no longer consider Russia to be a partner. The Russian Federation is the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security. However, NATO remains willing to maintain channels of communication with Moscow to mitigate risks and prevent escalation.
NATO leader says he wants to put Ukraine in a position of …
3 days ago · BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general said he wants to discuss ways to put Ukraine in a position of strength for any future peace talks with Russia during a meeting Wednesday with Ukraine’s president and a small number of European leaders.
Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in "direct confrontation"
Apr 4, 2024 · NATO says it is helping Ukraine fight for its survival in the face of Russian aggression, and has provided Kyiv with advanced weapons, training and intelligence.
NEW REPORT—Spotlight on the Shadow War: Inside Russia’s Attacks on NATO ...
Dec 12, 2024 · The report builds on the Helsinki Commission’s September 2024 hearing, Russia’s Shadow War on NATO, in which experts testified to the widespread and calculated efforts Moscow deploys to destabilize its democratic adversaries across the Atlantic. To visualize the breadth of the Kremlin’s efforts, Helsinki Commission staff have mapped ...
De-bunking Russian disinformation on NATO
As the security environment changed following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of eastern Ukraine, NATO suspended practical cooperation with Russia, while maintaining political and military dialogue, and deployed four multinational battlegroups to the Baltic States and Poland in 2016.
NATO Foreign Ministers chart way forward in addressing Russian …
Dec 4, 2024 · NATO Ministers also met with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and with Kaja Kallas, the new EU High Representative, in the NATO-Ukraine Council. They discussed Ukraine’s most urgent needs, as well as what more Allies can do to provide critical ammunition and air defences, as Russia steps up its attacks and expands the war with the ...
Russia must be ready to fight NATO in Europe in next decade, …
5 days ago · Russia's defence minister said on Monday that Moscow must be ready to fight the NATO military alliance in Europe in the next decade, as President Vladimir Putin said he believed the Ukraine war ...