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☆ Losses in Ukraine are 'out of proportion' to what NATO has been planning for, the alliance's top general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NATO leaders have been worried by the heavy casualties and massive ammunition usage in Ukraine. "The scale of this war is out of proportion with all of our recent thinking," NATO's top general said in January. Now the scale and intensity of the fighting in Ukraine has raised questions about the alliance's ability to fight a big-unit war against Russia. "Scale, scale, scale," US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told a Swedish defense conference in January. That Moscow is buying artillery shells from North Korea suggests that Russia's military is no shape to fight NATO and Ukraine.

☆ Erdogan suggests Turkey could accept Finland into NATO — without Sweden
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan handed another blow to Sweden's NATO bid, suggesting that his government could approve Finland's NATO membership application without its Nordic neighbor. Erdogan, angry at Sweden's government for a number of reasons, is poised to make or break both countries' NATO accession plans, as each state's application requires unanimous approval from all 30 current members. "We may deliver Finland a different message [on their application], and Sweden would be shocked when they see our message. But Finland should not make the same mistake Sweden did," Erdogan said during a speech on Sunday. "Those who allow such blasphemy in front of our embassy can no longer expect our support for their NATO membership," Erdogan said on Jan. 23.

☆ Ukraine says it's now a de facto member of NATO — further underlining a crucial error in Putin's invasion
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine has become a "de facto" NATO member since Russia's invasion, its defence minister said. Russia used the potential of NATO expanding to Ukraine as an pretense for its invasion. But this appears to have backfired, instead bringing it closer to the Western military alliance. Oleksii Reznikov told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Friday that NATO's support for Ukraine meant "Ukraine as a country, and the armed forces of Ukraine, became [a] member of NATO." Putin partly justified his invasion of Ukraine by saying that he was worried NATO was expanding towards Russia's borders, including into Ukraine.

☆ Russian fighter jets can't control the air over Ukraine, and Russia's attack helicopters are paying for it
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The toll has been especially high for Russia's Ka-52, one of its newest attack helicopters. Because it's been the most active, the Ka-52 also appears to be taking the most losses of Russia's helicopters. The AlligatorA Russian Ka-52 helicopter at the Dubai Airshow in November 2021. A wrecked Russian Ka-52 helicopter at Hostomel Airport near Kyiv in July. Russia's helicopters have changed tactics in response to Ukraine's successful use of shoulder-fired missiles and other air-defense systems, but Russian forces still need close air support.

☆ PHOTOS: Zelenskyy visits liberated city on the front lines of the war Putin started but has never been anywhere near
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Jake Epstein | John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Zelenskyy traveled to the recently liberated front-line city of Izium for a ceremony Wednesday. The Ukrainian president has made numerous trips to the war's front lines, unlike Putin. Today, when we look up, we are looking for only one thing — the flag of Ukraine," Zelenskyy wrote in a post on his Telegram channel, which included photos of his visit. And it will be so in every Ukrainian city and village. As Russian forces retreated in Ukraine, Putin over the weekend opened a ferris wheel in Moscow.

☆ Former US general says he is 'even more concerned' about Putin using nukes as Ukraine makes astonishing progress in its counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Western officials and experts have said Putin may use nukes in Ukraine if he gets desperate enough. After failing to take Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, in the early days of the war, Russia shifted its focus to Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, which is made up of Donetsk and Luhansk. And as we know, that is a trigger for using nuclear weapons." But not everyone is convinced that Putin would do something as drastic as using a nuclear weapon to achieve his goals in Ukraine. If Russia used a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, it could trigger a military response from the US, which could spiral into a direct conflict between Russia and NATO — a 30-member alliance.

☆ The US pledged to 'defend every inch of NATO territory' after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. So which countries does that include?
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The US and NATO pledged to protect "every inch of NATO territory" amid Russia's assault on Ukraine. "Our forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine, but to defend our NATO allies." But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed directly to NATO members in the year since Russia's invasion — a plea, he said, that was initially met with silence. Allowing Ukraine to join NATO at the current moment would require all NATO members to come to Ukraine's immediate defense, prompting near-global war against Russia. Here is a full list of NATO members and the year they joined the organization:

☆ Relația „amoroasă” secretă dintre Serbia și NATO — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-27 | by ( Autor Invitat | Tatiana Beghiu | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +3 min

„Serbia rămâne un puternic aliat al Rusiei în Balcani” – acesta este modul în care majoritatea mass-mediei descrie relația Serbiei cu NATO și Rusia. Ce împiedică Serbia (și NATO) să iasă și să dezvăluie parteneriatul lor? A adera la NATO ar fi ca și cum ai arbora un steag roșu. Și pentru NATO este mai bine să nu vorbească despre partenerul său obosit. Fotografiile/infograficele de pe platforma moldova.org pot fi preluate în număr de maxim 2 bucăți per material și doar cu menționarea Moldova.org și numele autorului/autoarei.

Persons: Aleksandar Vučić Organizations: NATO, Marii Locations: Serbia, Rusiei, Balcani, Serbiei, Rusia, Kosovo, ruse, SUA, Belgrad, Marii Britanii, ost, Pantovic, Republicii Federative Socialiste Iugoslavia

☆ Din amenințare, în salvare. Cum s-a schimbat percepția ucrainenilor față de aderarea la NATO — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Tatiana Beghiu | Autor Invitat | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +3 min

Sunt din Sevastopol, un oraș ucrainean din peninsula Crimeea, care a fost anexat de Rusia în urmă cu șapte ani. Când creșteam, la fel ca și altă lume din localitate, priveam o posibilă aderare la NATO drept o amenințare. Dar când Rusia a anexat patria mea în 2014, părerile mele s-au schimbat complet. Ca răspuns, Zelenski a venit cu solicitări clare de aderare la NATO – o mișcare neobișnuită a președintelui, care a preferat să evite acest subiect până acum. Fotografiile/infograficele de pe platforma moldova.org pot fi preluate în număr de maxim 2 bucăți per material și doar cu menționarea Moldova.org și numele autorului/autoarei.

Persons: Zelenski, Anton Holoborodko, Denis Trubețkoi Organizations: NATO, CC Locations: Sevastopol, ucrainean, peninsula Crimeea, Rusia, natal, străinătate, Ucraina, Ucrainei, Europa, Germania, Perevalne, Crimeea, SA, ost, Kiev

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