After a two-day security summit in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivered a stark warning regarding Russia's heightened aggression towards alliance members, saying that NATO will not wait out such behavior.
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00:00Russia has engaged in renewed high levels of hostile activity against NATO allies, according
00:06to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
00:09As a result, the alliance says it stepped up its defences through increased intelligence
00:13exchange, enhanced protection of critical infrastructure including undersea and in cyberspace,
00:20with further restrictions on Russian spies.
00:23In recent weeks, we have seen a surge of sabotage, cyber attacks, instrumentalised
00:30migration and other hostile actions by Russia.
00:36We will be calm and measured in how we respond to Russian provocations.
00:43At the same time, we will call out Russia's actions and impose costs."
00:50A defence strategy not seen since the Cold War was laid out at a meeting of NATO defence
00:54ministers including Ukrainian Minister Rustam Umarov.
00:58It detailed how the alliance intends to deter and defend against global threats including
01:03Russia and included 500,000 troops at high readiness across all domains.
01:08Ahead of the 75th anniversary of NATO in Washington, D.C. next month, allies also agreed to focus
01:14on stable military support to Ukraine.
01:18It will give more predictability and transparency and ensure a minimum of fair burden-sharing
01:23within the alliance and most importantly, it will send a message to Moscow that they
01:29cannot wait us out."
01:31NATO defence ministers say it's now time for long-term planning for Ukraine and have agreed
01:35extensive military training for Ukrainian soldiers towards stronger interoperability.
01:41They also say it's now time in practice and in language to move Ukraine towards full membership
01:45of the alliance.
01:47Shona Murray, Euronews, NATO.