NATO’s chief said that, despite Russia’s threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to change its own nuclear weapons alert level.
following President Vladimir Putin’s weekend order. NATO itself has no nuclear weapons, but three of its members do — the United States, Britain and France.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia is crippling Ukrainian infrastructure and hitting schools and hospitals. “This is a horrendous, horrific invasion of an innocent country and we see that civilians are killed. It’s a brutality that has to stop immediately,” Stoltenberg said.
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