NATO allies agreed to provide Ukraine with equipment and training to deal with the fallout from a possible Russian attack using chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons, and the alliance was increasing its own preparedness for any such event, NATO’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Thursday.
Mr. Stoltenberg, who was speaking to reporters after a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, said that the alliance was worried Russia might deploy chemical or biological weapons — which are banned by international treaty — because it appeared that Moscow was creating a false narrative that the West was about to use them. Read more
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