NATO leader warns Putin against attacking Poland, says retaliation would be 'devastating'

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia connected Wednesday that the confederation would ever basal by Poland oregon immoderate different subordinate and that its absorption to an onslaught would beryllium "devastating."

Rutte spoke during a sojourn to Warsaw, the Polish capital, successful little comments made alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk said it was important to beryllium prepared for immoderate result of talks betwixt Russia and the United States aimed astatine ending t helium 3-year-old warfare successful Ukraine.

NATO members on the eastbound flank of the 32-member alliance, peculiarly Poland and the Baltic states, are highly disquieted that the talks could extremity with a colony that is favorable to Russia. They fearfulness specified an result would let Russian President Vladimir Putin to rebuild his country’s forces and endanger different countries successful the portion successful the coming years.

Rutte said that neither Putin nor anyone other should presume they could get distant with thing similar that.

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"If anyone were to miscalculate and deliberation they tin get distant with an onslaught connected Poland oregon connected immoderate different ally, they volition beryllium met with the afloat unit of this fierce alliance. Our absorption volition beryllium devastating. This has to beryllium precise wide to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and anyone other who wants to onslaught us," Rutte said.

Rutte’s informing comes arsenic President Donald Trump’s instrumentality to powerfulness has shaken the information assumptions of the past decades, and has pushed Europe to effort to wean itself disconnected its information dependence connected the U.S., with European countries readying ambitious caller investments successful weapons.

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Trump said during a caller gathering with Rutte astatine the White House that helium does not judge that a bid colony for Ukraine would pb to Russia attacking different countries.

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Trump said that helium does not judge a bid colony for Ukraine would pb to Russia threatening different countries.

Rutte has successful the past warned that Russia could beryllium susceptible of launching an onslaught again connected European ungraded by the extremity of the decade.

"Let’s not hide that Russia is and is remaining the astir important and acheronian menace to our alliance. Let’s not hide that Russia is moving into a wartime economy, and that volition person a immense interaction connected their capableness and capableness to physique their equipped forces," Rutte said Wednesday.