International Desk: US President Biden met with NATO allies on Thursday in an emergency session about Russia’s war against Ukraine as the conflict reached the one-month mark.
The 30-member alliance gathered at its Brussels headquarters to talk about plans to beef up NATO troop rotations in countries along the southern portion of its eastern flank — and contingency plans in case Russian aggression intensifies, reports National Public Radio of the USA.
“We are determined to continue to impose costs on Russia to bring about the end of this brutal war,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said as the meeting began, paying tribute to “the great courage of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian armed forces fighting for their freedom and their rights.”
NATO allies have stayed remarkably united thus far in their response to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. Biden’s mission ahead of the meeting was “to ensure we stay united, to cement our collective resolve, to send a powerful message that we are prepared and committed to this for as long as it takes,” his national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
Biden plans to announce new sanctions for Russia and new humanitarian aid for Ukraine and the millions of refugees fleeing the fighting. Together with G-7 leaders, he will talk about new measures to deter sanctions evasion.
