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NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says there was 'no real progress' after a meeting with Russian officials in talks on saving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, raising the spectre of a renewed arms race in Europe. SOUNDBITE of Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance will avoid "a new arms race" with Russia and will not deploy new nuclear missiles on European soil after a Cold War missile pact ended. SOUNDBITE
NATO's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, announces that a nuclear war "will have severe consequences for Russia" during a press conference following Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signing an annexation accord with the Kremlin-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions. SOUNDBITE
After a meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs mostly dedicated to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba asks the alliance for weapons and help "now, and I'm speaking about days, not weeks", warning that any delay would mean that the help would come "too late". SOUNDBITE
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine has an "urgent, critical need for more air defence", at a G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri. Ukraine has struggled on the battlefield for months, outgunned and outnumbered by Russian forces amid a shortage of Western military aid. SOUNDBITE