The big news at the morning NATO confab, announced Wednesday by NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, is threefold: (1) NATO is doubling
its military footprint in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia to
counter the threat from Russia; (2) Biden and NATO leaders will increase
pressure on China to condemn the Russian invasion; (3) NATO will take
additional steps to aid Ukraine with “cybersecurity assistance” and
“equipment to help Ukraine protect against chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear threats.”

It’s that third issue that has seized everyone’s attention, as WMDs are
now a serious focus of the summit. Stoltenberg repeatedly called on
Russia to stop its “nuclear sabre-rattling,” and warned that “the spread
of chemical or biological agents used in Ukraine may have dire
consequences also for the population living in NATO Allied countries in
Europe.”

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