The United States will protect “every inch” of the territory of NATO. This obligation to the Alliance was confirmed by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, writers writes.
“We strive to protect every inch of the territory of NATO – if it comes to this,” he said. He made such a promise after repeated nuclear threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin against the backdrop of failures in the war in Ukraine.
During the meeting of the Alliance’s defense ministers, closed discussions of the NATO nuclear planning group will also be held, which is the highest NATO body on nuclear issues and deals with political issues related to its nuclear forces.