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The Latest Breaking News from NATO

Two weeks into Ukraine war, faint glimmers of compromise emerge

(This was refiled to add attribution to headline in March 10 story.)

Reuters

Ukraine is not developing biological weapons, US intelligence official assures senators

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers Thursday that Ukraine is not pursuing biological or nuclear weapons, a claim that U.S. officials have described as part of a broader Russian campaign of disinformation.

Los Angeles Times

Sweden plans to up defence budget to 2% of GDP as Russia threat looms

Sweden's government said on Thursday it planned to boost annual spending on defence to 2% of gross domestic product in response to a deteriorating security situation in Europe following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Kamala Harris says US and Poland ‘united’ after jets controversy

Speaking in Warsaw, US vice president also supports an investigation into possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Kamala Harris: U.S. and Poland "united" despite fighter jets disagreement

The U.S. and Poland are "united in what we have done and are prepared to do to help Ukraine," Harris said.

Axios

Councillor to remove name from Stop the War Coalition letter criticising NATO and government over Ukraine

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has taken a tough line on the issue, warning there would be ‘no place in the party for false equivalence between the actions of Russia and the actions of Nato’.

Manchester Evening News

Would Putin use nuclear weapons? An arms control expert explains what has and hasn't changed since the invasion of Ukraine

The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the Ukraine conflict have revived those decades-old fears.

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Poland, in Russia’s shadow, nervous as war in Ukraine intensifies

WARSAW, Poland — Justina Dziwicka was not yet born when Poland shed the shackles of the Soviet Union and joined NATO, the U.S.-led alliance that would protect the Eastern European country. But the child-care worker is getting a swift lesson on what a Russian-generated conflict looks like.

Los Angeles Times

Nuclear war? Russia's Lavrov says: I don't believe so

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he did not believe the conflict in Ukraine would spiral into a nuclear war but cautioned the United States and Europe that Moscow never again wanted to be dependent on the West.

Reuters

Harris thanks Poland for helping 1 million Ukraine refugees

Vice President Kamala Harris has praised the Polish people for their generosity for taking in more than 1 million refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine

The Independent UK

Biden to grant Colombia special non-NATO ally status after Duque meeting

President Joe Biden told Colombian President Ivan Duque on Thursday he plans to designate Colombia as a major non-NATO ally, granting the strategic status to a key country in a turbulent region as the United States seeks to isolate Russia.

Reuters

Finland to review security policy as it mulls joining NATO

Finland is to review its security policy to decide whether to join NATO, President Sauli Niinisto said on Thursday.

Reuters

Commentary: Putin’s dangerous nuclear brinkmanship in Ukraine

Most Americans view nuclear weapons as a relic of the Cold War. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed in 1985 “that a nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought.” That thinking has remained a “given” for the last 37 years. Unfortunately, Russian President…

Tribune News Service

UK politics: Boris Johnson says he fears Putin may use chemical weapons in Ukraine – as it happened

PM says Russian claims about enemies getting ready to use chemical weapons echoes what happened before the use of chemical weapons in Syria

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The Independent UK

After Ukraine, Europe wonders who's next Russian target

Some European countries watching Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine fear they could be next

Edinburgh Live

Nicola Sturgeon says no-fly zone over Ukraine should not be ruled out

The first minister said that although she accepts this would lead to an uncomfortable escalation in conflict between NATO and Russia, she feels the move should not be ruled out.

Reuters

U.S. VP Harris's Poland trip caught in rift over plan for Ukraine jets

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Polish leaders in Warsaw on Thursday amid disagreements with the eastern European country over how to arm Ukraine with warplanes to fight Russia's invasion.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sweet: Hard choices for U.S. when it comes to giving Ukraine fighter jets, establishing a no-fly zone

Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., is a leading voice in calling for a no-fly zone in Ukraine and sending in fighter jets.

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Foreign Affairs

Putin the Gambler

Why the Kremlin Rolled the Dice on Ukraine

Foreign Affairs

The No-Fly Zone Delusion

In Ukraine, Good Intentions Can’t Redeem a Bad Idea

Daily Mirror

CIA boss fears Putin could lash out at Ukraine with nuclear weapons as invasion stalls

CIA director William Burns said the Kremlin's military doctrine allows for the use of smaller battlefield nuclear weapons. Western officials believe Vladimir Putin could 'flatten Ukraine'

Daily Mirror

Ukraine Ambassador says kids' hospital bombing is 'red red line' and NATO must act now

Ukraine's Ambassador to Britain Vadym Prystaiko told BBC Question Time the bombing of a maternity and children's hospital in Mariupol was a 'red, red, red line' and NATO must now intervene

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Kyiv mayor says half the city has fled

Russia-Ukraine news from March 10: Kyiv’s mayor says nearly two million people have left the capital since invasion.

Reuters

Explainer-Massive risks keep talk of Ukraine no-fly zone firmly grounded

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted repeated calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for an international no-fly zone to protect his country, but these have been roundly rejected by the United States and its NATO allies, who say it could provoke all-out war in Europe.

The Independent UK

MiGs for Ukraine: Who will send them -- and how?

An awkward dispute between the United States and NATO ally Poland is casting doubt on Ukraine’s hopes to obtain the MiG fighter jets it says it needs to defend against Russia’s invasion

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