“The United States and NATO are ready to repel any potential aggression against the alliance’s eastern flank,” said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
In response to a question in an interview with the American NBC network about the potential threat from the Russian Federation to NATO countries, in the US view, Blinken added: “When it comes to threats to NATO countries, we have something very powerful on our hands. – Article 5 of the Washington Collective Defense Treaty .. attack. There is an attack on everyone in one, and Russia knows it.”
“So, among other things, one of our responses was to strengthen NATO’s defenses. We sent additional forces and additional equipment to the countries closest to Russia to repel any aggression that Russia may think of against NATO member states.” .
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation to protect Donbass, in southeast Ukraine.
Putin stressed that Russia will work to disarm Ukraine, prevent nationalism in Ukraine and bring to justice the perpetrators of bloody crimes against civilians, including citizens of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “the Russian army did not direct any missile, air or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities” and that Russian forces hit military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and Ukrainian aviation with high-precision weapons.
The ministry stressed that “civilians are not in danger”, that “the Ukrainian border guards did not show any resistance, and Ukraine’s air defense systems were completely destroyed.”
Source: TASS + RT
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