Outraged over Russia’s recent strikes on civilian infrastructure targets, NATO countries and other nations are vowing to boost support for Ukrainian forces, focusing in particular on the advanced air defense systems at the top of Kyiv’s wish list.
“Russia’s latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further support to those seeking to defend their nation,” British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in the statement.The AMRAAM missiles, Wallace said, will be used alongside U.S. air defense systems known as NASAMS. U.S. officials said earlier this week that two NASAMS systems were weeks away from delivery to Ukraine and efforts are underway to get them there more quickly.
In Brussels, the United States and allies stressed unity on Thursday, but just beneath the surface there are signs of division — and distractions — even within NATO. In Brussels, NATO officials and diplomats have been careful not to say much about the alliance’s nuclear strategy, stressing that it is safer and more effective to say less, not more, about NATO’s nuclear planning and training.And yet, the day before NATO’s nuclear planning meeting, Macron decided to share his thoughts on French nuclear deterrence, telling French media Wednesday that a ballistic nuclear attack on Ukraine would not yield a French response.
Austin decried the “malice and cruelty” of Russia’s recent escalation and promised ongoing support. “We’re going to do everything we can, as fast as we can, to help the Ukrainian forces get the capability they need to protect the Ukrainian people,” he said.
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