increase nato s membership, but will also double the length of its border with russia. as ukraine appealed for more support, the alliance fundamentally shifted its response to russia and made a strong pledge. ukraine can count on us for as long as it takes. and for the first time in nato s history, the us military will have a permanent base in eastern europe. translation: here in poland, there ll be a permanent - presence of the us army. the fifth army corps. i was able to speak to president andrzej duda at the nato summit in madrid. president andrzej duda, thank you so much for speaking to me exclusively here on the bbc at the nato summit. what are your thoughts about what is happening here at the nato summit? have you heard, are you satisfied with what you re hearing? she translates question. translation: firstly, - i have to say this nato summit is for sure of historical nature. why? because you can say the following. a green light was given during this summit for acceptin
is a russian potential in terms of the possible gas domination. we warned that building nord stream 1 or nord stream 2 gas pipelines, circumventing central europe, poland, but also ukraine, slovakia and other countries, means not only increased russian domination in terms of gas over the european union, but it also means a danger to some eu states and a danger to central europe. to ukraine, for example. unfortunately, this has become a fact and reality in recent months. we were not listened to and everybody can see in a very clear way what russian energy dominance means. poland s done so much for the refugees, so, so much. i saw it myself, the amount of refugees coming and being brought into polish homes. i wonder, are you worried about the safety of poland? do you think poland is at risk from russia? translation: potentially, you can say, as follows -