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NATO, Ukraine to Hold Emergency Meeting
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Above: US Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin (3L), NATO head Mark Rutte(3R), Ukraine's Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy (2R) and Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Bauer (R) at a NATO-Ukraine Council Working Dinner in Brussels on Oct. 17, 2024. Image copyright: Oliver Matthys/AFP/Contributor via Getty Images
The Facts
Officials from NATO and Ukraine will convene for emergency talks Tuesday, diplomats told journalists from AFP on Friday.
It follows a week in which Russia-US relations escalated following two policy reversals from the outgoing Biden administration — allowing Ukraine to use long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, on Russia's Kursk region; as well as a commitment to provide Ukraine with anti-personnel mines. Russia took particular issue with the former.
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
These emergency NATO-Ukraine talks follow Russia's escalation of the conflict by using a nuclear-capable weapon. Russia has escalated at every turn in the conflict, but this will not dissuade Western allies from supporting Ukraine.
Pro-Russia narrative
While Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin has no contact with the present US administration, in his address this week, he clearly set out the Russian position. Russia is confident these positions were understood by the US.
