brussels, ukrainian security analyst hanna shelest and from virginia, ian brzezinski, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for europe and nato. hello, welcome to the programme. the nato summit in madrid will go down as a major turning point. today, the alliance extended a formal invitation to finland and sweden that when ratified will extend nato s border with russia by more than 800 miles. alongside that, the alliance has outlined its new strategic vision, which puts a more muscularfocus on the defence of nato s eastern flank. the high readiness forces will be expanding seven fold to more than 300,000 troops. president biden has announced there will be a new permanent us base in poland, the first time the americans have had a standing force so close to russia s border, and he will also send two additional american destroyers to join the european fleet. we re going to approve a new nato strategic concept and reaffirm the unity and determination of our alliance to
quite annoying to hear it rises talking about illegitimate elections. let s speak to francis scarr from bbc monitoring, who follows russian state tv. tell us about the reaction in moscow to what they have been seeing at the nato summit because they must surely be people in the kremlin who are scratching their head about the strategy of this war in ukraine. indeed, given that the move by finland indeed, given that the move by finland and indeed, given that the move by finland and sweden indeed, given that the move by finland and sweden which - indeed, given that the move by finland and sweden which we l indeed, given that the move by- finland and sweden which we expect tojoin finland and sweden which we expect tojoin nato finland and sweden which we expect tojoin nato will finland and sweden which we expect to join nato will add finland and sweden which we expect to join nato will add 800 finland and sweden which we expect tojoin nato will add 800 miles - finland and sweden
relations with finland and sweden actually decided tojoin nato. he has been commenting on the shopping centre insisting that russia did not hit civilian targets. he saidmight limit it well as i m reading this book russia will have to answer in kind if nato infrastructure is deployed to finland and sweden. securely they are quite animated about what is happening today. can you sort of wonder where this leaves finland and sweden in the interim because all 30 countries of course have to ratify the accession of these two countries. does it lead to being a limbo position? being a limbo position? indeed this rocess is being a limbo position? indeed this process is not being a limbo position? indeed this process is not going being a limbo position? indeed this process is not going to being a limbo position? indeed this process is not going to happen - process is not going to happen overnight process is not going to happen overnight. and process is not going to happen overnight. and
groups for whom russia spend money. and that s why. so, we begin this war in the country earlier, you understand. i do, i do, so to be clear, then, you wanted to stabilise the situation in the east in order tojoin nato, because a country at war cannot join nato? is that what you re saying? no. translation: nato is when we talk i about an alliance, and ijust said l that you cannot leave one country, such as ukraine, to fight one of the largest armies in the world on its own. this is what i mean. therefore, nato is one of the ways out of the situation. if we cannotjoin nato, then they cannot fight for us, right? this means that in this case, we need not people, but technology and such weapons which a nato country can get, should the russian federation wage war against it. in other words, we needed an alternative to the alliance.
leadership of my team. and that s why we fight in the country with some politician groups for whom russia spend money. and that s why. so, we begin this war in the country earlier, you understand. i do, i do, so to be clear, then, you wanted to stabilise the situation in the east in order tojoin nato, because a country at war cannotjoin nato? is that what you re saying? no. translation: nato is when we talk i about an alliance, and ijust said l that you cannot leave one country, such as ukraine, to fight one of the largest armies in the world on its own. this is what i mean. therefore, nato is one of the ways out of the situation. if we cannotjoin nato, then they cannot fight for us, right? this means that in this case, we need not people, but technology and such weapons which a nato country can get,