NATO mobilizes troops as UK MPs, US congressmen call for air war against Russia
Andre Damon@Andre__Damon
8 hours ago
Three days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict is showing dangerous signs of spiraling into a much wider war.
As Russian forces entered the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine, the Ukrainian defense minister estimated that hundreds of Russian soldiers had died in the conflict so far. Ukraine has reported over 137 casualties, including civilians. A first attempt at holding talks between Kiev and Moscow failed on Friday. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has since appealed to Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to mediate in the conflict.
On Friday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced the deployment, for the first time, of NATO’s 40,000-troop-strong rapid response force, created in 2003.
“Yesterday, NATO Allies activated our defense plans,” Stoltenberg said on Friday, adding that the alliance’s forces would be positioned “on land, at sea, and in the air.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/26/ukra-f26.html
