Without becoming a party to the war, NATO should support Ukraine more - Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance

NATO should play a more pronounced coordinating role in supporting Ukraine, but the Alliance is mindful of the risk of escalation, so it is about legitimate and necessary support. This was stated by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană in an interview with Digi24, UNN reports .

We are talking about one simple thing. NATO needs to play a stronger coordinating role in supporting Ukraine without becoming a party to the war - we are very aware of the risk of escalation, we are very aware of this borderline zone between supporting Ukraine, which is legitimate and necessary, and escalating an already sinful war into an even bigger war between NATO and Russia.

He also noted the importance of having a NATO mission or some form of NATO coordination to help Ukraine coordinate support in the war with Russia.

First of all, to make the Ukrainian army interoperable with us, thus making it more ready, when we have the political conditions, to accept them into our Euro-Atlantic and European family

At Digi24, Ioan discussed Romania's vulnerabilities and preparations for regional and international threats.

The idea that you need 24 hours for your allies to come is outdated, it is no longer relevant. Now we are working from day zero, God forbid, the beginning of the aggression against Romania, let's say, if in this case we no longer plan, the reinforcement of the allies comes after, I don't know how long, but we are thinking and planning from day zero to be there to be able to really defend every square centimeter of land

The NATO deputy chief explained when the Romanian army could come under NATO command. He also said how much time Romania has for possible resistance before NATO troops intervene.

We have military planning with our Romanian allies, with NATO, and, God forbid, the Romanian army, in a large proportion, over 90%, is coming under our command, NATO's command, and we are starting to do what we have to do. (...) I want to give a signal of confidence and calm on these issues. In the event of an attack, the defense strategy would require the mobilization of 60,000 to 100,000 troops, as well as significant resources of equipment and ammunition. Basically, Romania would need 20 million liters of fuel and 12 thousand tons of

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