Nato will stick with Ukraine as long as it takes, says Joe Biden

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US president says he does not know how war will end, but ‘it will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine’

Joe Biden has declared that the US and Nato allies will stick with“as long as it takes” at the end of a two-day summit that saw the military alliance promise hundreds of thousands more troops to defend eastern Europe.

The president repeated the formulation when asked how long it would be fair for global consumers to pay for higher petrol prices because fighting was ongoing. People would have to wait “as long as it takes; Russia cannot in fact defeat Ukraine”. The president’s address concluded one of Nato’s most significant meetings, the alliance having been revitalised and transformed by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February., the two Nordic countries abandoning decades of military neutrality, and strengthening the alliance’s position in the Baltic region.

Nato sources said it would comprise 100,000 tier 1 troops available to move to the frontline in “zero to 10 days” and another 200,000 in tier 2 forces deployable for “up to 30 days”. “The plans are not complete because the processes of national negotiations are ongoing,” one senior military insider said. “Lithuania is saying, that’s great what you have offered, but we would like to have more. The Estonians say that’s great what UK is offered, but we may want to have a division.”, adding to its existing force in country of about 1,700 and taking the total of earmarked troops the size of a brigade – but the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said these would be based in the UK.

 

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