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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that Russian forces continue to ready for a potential attack on Ukraine after Moscow recognised two separatist regions as independent. 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
At a press conference in Brussels, the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance's Director General Jens Stoltenberg says there is "no indication" that a missile which struck a Polish village near the Ukrainian border "was the result of a deliberate attack" after Kyiv accused Russia of being behind the explosion, adding that NATO had no indication that Russia was "preparing offensive military actions" against the US-led defence alliance. 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 Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Russian President Vladimir Putin has 'shattered peace' in Europe during a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, on the sixth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 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