Putin tests NATO’s nerves
European leaders unite behind NATO, supporting Poland and Romania, as Putin’s repeated provocations test but fail to break the alliance’s defences and resolve across the continent for now. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
Vladimir Putin’s military provocations, from Zapad drills to drone incursions in European airspace and missile displays in Kaliningrad, are meant to test NATO’s resolve.
Yet European leaders, from Macron to Starmer, Meloni, and Merkel, stand together with Poland and Romania behind the alliance’s shield, signalling unity against Moscow’s attempts to destabilise the continent’s security, and are unwilling to let Putin’s pokes fracture their defence.
GOING FURTHER
Russia and Belarus start military exercise near NATO border after drone incursion | REUTERS
Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drone in its airspace | BBC NEWS
Nato’s new red lines could turn Ukraine into a no man’s land | THE INDEPENDENT
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▪ This piece was first published in Europeans TODAY.
