Stoltenberg says that NATO leaders agreed at their summit Thursday to ship gear to Ukraine to assist defend it towards a chemical weapons assault.
“This might embody detection gear, safety, and medical help, in addition to coaching for decontamination and disaster administration,” he advised reporters after assembly in Brussels.
However Stoltenberg says the 30 NATO allies are boosting their very own “preparedness and readiness.”
The leaders agreed Thursday to deploy 4 new battlegroups, which normally quantity from 1,000-1,500 troops, to Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. 4 different battlegroups are stationed within the Baltic States and Poland.
NATO nations are involved that Russia’s try to falsely accuse them of engaged on chemical or organic weapons in Ukraine is a part of a ruse by Moscow to create a pretext for utilizing such arms itself.