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Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants "to use winter as a weapon of war" in his Ukrainian operation, says NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Bucharest, ahead of a meeting with the alliance's foreign ministers. A weapon based on Russia's attempt "to deprive the Ukrainians of water, electricity, light and heating" says Stoltenberg. 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
It is "urgent" that the UN's atomic watchdog be allowed to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is under Russian military control, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says that 'Putin has made a big mistake' invading Ukraine, as he arrives at a summit of the alliance in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg decries Russia's "recklessness" over the shelling of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine and demands Moscow stop the war against its neighbour. SOUNDBITE