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‘There is no immediate threat to NATO territory,’ Secretary General Rutte tells Euronews

NATO chief Mark Rutte told Euronews there is no immediate threat to the alliance and he does not take Russia's Kaliningrad nuclear warning seriously, saying Moscow is trying to distract from its struggles in Ukraine.

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00:02Speaking at the U News Defense and Space Summit in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Mark Reuter
00:07said there is no immediate threat to the alliance's territory,
00:11adding that he does not take Russia's nuclear threats seriously
00:15because Moscow could never win a confrontation with NATO.
00:18We have prepared for this, we have planned for this, and this is true for the whole of NATO.
00:22We will defend every inch of NATO territory.
00:25Putin knows that he can never win from NATO, so I don't take this that serious.
00:31But of course we had to reply and make clear to him that NATO is a defensive alliance, as I
00:35said,
00:35and stop the war in Ukraine and stop the nuclear threats because it's not helpful.
00:40And NATO is so much stronger than Russia is, so there's no way they can ever beat us.
00:44His remarks follow media reports that Russia sent NATO a letter warning it against
00:50any attempt to cut off the exclave of Kaliningrad from the Russian mainland.
00:54Moscow said it was ready to use its entire arsenal, including nuclear weapons.
01:00The NATO chief said Russia is losing 43,000 troops killed or seriously wounded a month on the front line.
01:07He added that Kiev is doing much better than a year ago
01:10and that allies continue to provide military support.
01:13As far as Reuter is concerned, NATO should stay calm,
01:17keep backing Ukraine and ramp up its defense investment.
01:21The NATO chief said Russia is being held by the United States of the United States of the United States
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