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WAR IN UKRAINE - In the absence of any
sign the Russian forces are willing to break the siege on Mariupol, a city on
the Azov Sea, efforts continue to evacuate the civilian population via
humanitarian corridors. 30,000 inhabitants have so far left the city, including
300 people Moscow claims to have crossed into Russia by bus. On Wednesday, a
theatre in Mariupol sheltering hundreds of civilians was hit by shelling.
According to Human Rights Watch, at least five hundred civilians had taken
refuge within the theatre walls. Satellite footage shows the word children
written in Russian on the walls of the theatre. The number of victims left in
the wake of the attack is unknown, considering that rescue teams have so far
been unable to intervene due to uninterrupted bombing. The United Kingdom, the
United States of America, Albania, France, Norway and Ireland have called an
emergency meeting of the UN Security Council as the humanitarian situation in
this country continues to det
HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is today attending an extraordinary virtual meeting of the Bucharest Nine (B9) format and an extraordinary virtual summit of the NATO heads of states and governments. President Iohannis has announced that the decision of holding the B9 summit was taken jointly with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, to coordinate the response of allies on NATO’s eastern flank in the context of the war in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said Thursday that NATO activated its defense plans to deploy more military forces in the East European member states, following Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Also on Thursday, in Brussels, the European Council condemned, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. The EU leaders agreed to impose fresh sanctions on Moscow, targeting financial, energy and transport sectors and put a number of Russians on the black list. EU foreign mi
NATO - Romania, as NATO member country and strategic partner of the US, benefits all security guarantees that it needs, in the context of the heaviest crisis after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The statement was made by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Friday, during a visit he made together with the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg and the Alliance’s Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoana, at the military base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, south-eastern Romania. The officials met with military personnel from allied nations deployed to Romania. Military equipment for the US Task Force (TF) Cougar has already reached Romania. In his turn, Stoltenberg said the presence of NATO troops in Romania is important because it is “a powerful demonstration” of NATO unity. Around 1,000 American military are dispatched in Romania, amid concerns raised by the military build-up at the border with the neighboring Ukraine. A NATO member since 2004, Romania was already hosting 90
NATO Romania, as a NATO member country and strategic partner of the US,
benefits from all the security guarantees that it needs, in the context of the
most serious crisis since the fall of the Iron Curtain. The statement was made
by Romania s president Klaus Iohannis on Friday, during a visit he made
together with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Alliance s
Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoana, at the military base in Mihail
Kogalniceanu, south-eastern Romania. The officials met with military personnel
from allied nations deployed to Romania. In his turn, Stoltenberg said
the presence of NATO troops in Romania is important because it is a powerful
demonstration of NATO unity. Around 1,000 American military were relocated to
Romania, amid concerns raised by the Russian military build-up at the Ukrainian
border. France has also voiced willingness to deploy troops to Romania. A NATO
member since 2004, Romania was already hosting 900 American, 250 Polish a