At a meeting in Brussels, leaders of the AtlTreaty Organization (NATO) called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the ongoing war in Ukraine and withdraw its forces from the country.
They also called on Belarus to suspend its cooperation with Russia in the invasion of Ukraine. NATO leaders made the call a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
NATO leaders have praised the Ukrainian people, saying “their courageous resistance to Russia’s brutal war has inspired the world.”
They also decided at the summit to strengthen the resistance of their communities and infrastructure against Russian influence. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at the end of a meeting of NATO leaders that he was “concerned” about Russia’s possible use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
He says Moscow accuses Ukraine and its allies of trying to prepare for a chemical weapons attack, but says it could be a pretext for Russia to use such weapons.
Mr Stoltenberg said a chemical weapons attack would completely change the nature of the war in Ukraine.
He called the chemical weapons “extremely dangerous” and in violation of international law. But NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has accused Russia of using chemical weapons. NATO leaders also agreed at the Brussels summit to strengthen defenses in the alliance’s eastern members Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
They said 40,000 troops would be deployed in those countries.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the security environment for NATO members.
Following the NATO summit in Brussels, the G-7 summit began.
After that, a meeting of EU leaders is scheduled to take place.
These are simultaneous meetings of NATO, G7 and EU leaders. They want to show unity in this way.
US President Joe Biden has also traveled to Brussels to attend the summit.
Mr Biden will attend all of these meetings and this will be the first time for a US president to attend an EU summit in Brussels.
Zelensky called for protests
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on people around the world to take to the streets and demonstrate in solidarity with Ukraine.
He made the request in English for the first time in a video message shortly after noon local time.
He said Russia was not only fighting against Ukraine, but also against the freedom of all human beings.
Mr Zelensky called on the international community to stop using force against Russia.
“Come out of your offices, come out of your homes, come out of schools and universities, come out in the name of peace, come out in support of Ukraine, come out in support of independence, come out in support of life,” he said. ”
NATO demands Putin; Stop fighting in Ukraine and withdraw troops
At a meeting in Brussels, leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the ongoing war in Ukraine and withdraw its forces from the country.
They also called on Belarus to suspend its cooperation with Russia in the invasion of Ukraine. NATO leaders made the call a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
NATO leaders have praised the Ukrainian people, saying “their courageous resistance to Russia’s brutal war has inspired the world.”
They also decided at the summit to strengthen the resistance of their communities and infrastructure against Russian influence. Meanwhile, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at the end of a meeting of NATO leaders that he was “concerned” about Russia’s possible use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
He says Moscow accuses Ukraine and its allies of trying to prepare for a chemical weapons attack, but says it could be a pretext for Russia to use such weapons.
Mr Stoltenberg said a chemical weapons attack would completely change the nature of the war in Ukraine.
He called the chemical weapons “extremely dangerous” and in violation of international law. But NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has accused Russia of using chemical weapons. NATO leaders also agreed at the Brussels summit to strengthen defenses in the alliance’s eastern members Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
They said 40,000 troops would be deployed in those countries.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the security environment for NATO members.
Following the NATO summit in Brussels, the G-7 summit began.
After that, a meeting of EU leaders is scheduled to take place.
These are simultaneous meetings of NATO, G7 and EU leaders. They want to show unity in this way.
US President Joe Biden has also traveled to Brussels to attend the summit.
Mr Biden will attend all of these meetings and this will be the first time for a US president to attend an EU summit in Brussels.
Zelensky called for protests
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on people around the world to take to the streets and demonstrate in solidarity with Ukraine.
He made the request in English for the first time in a video message shortly after noon local time.
He said Russia was not only fighting against Ukraine, but also against the freedom of all human beings.
Mr Zelensky called on the international community to stop using force against Russia.
“Come out of your offices, come out of your homes, come out of schools and universities, come out in the name of peace, come out in support of Ukraine, come out in support of independence, come out in support of life,” he said. ”
