USA warn: “We will defend every centimeter of the NATO territory”

NATO will reinforce surveillance and safety in the East Flank of the Atlantic Alliance, after the incident where Russian drones entered Poland airspace, the organization announced today.

At a press conference at the headquarters of NATO, Brussels, the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutteannounced this Friday the reinforcement of military presence In the east flank of the Atlantic Alliance, to “further strengthen” the defense in that flank, which borders Russia.

Military reinforcement It is not exclusive to Polandbut the announcement was made days after one by Russian drones, which were intercepted and for the first time slaughtered by the Air Force Polish

Also this Friday, in response to Russian intrusion in NATO airspace, the US warned that will defend “every centimeter of the territory of the Atlantic Alliance ”.

At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, requested by Poland after the incident, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Sheasaid that the “violation of the airspace of an American ally, intentional or not, demonstrates a huge disrespect for US good faith efforts to end this conflict. ”

“The US supports our allies from NATO in the face of these alarming airspace violations. The US is in consultation with Poland and our other NATO allies, pursuant to article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and are sure that we will defend every centimeter of the NATO territory, ”said Shea.

This incident “does not contribute to extraordinary efforts that the United States has undertaken in recent weeks to intermediate the end of the war“He noted the diplomat, demanding Moscow to fulfill his commitment to diplomacy,” seeking the immediate end of hostilities through direct negotiations with Ukraine. “

The ambassador also noticed that, since, among the US President, Donald Trumpand your Russian homologist, Vladimir Putinon August 15, the Russia intensified his bombing campaign Against Ukraine, resulting in deaths and damage to civil infrastructure.

Contrary to the common practice of the new US administration, which usually Press Kiev and Moscow by the end of the war, this time Dorothy Shea directed the Pressure only for Russia.

“We cannot risk it becoming a wider conflict. Russia must demonstrate its seriousnesstaking immediate and concrete measures in the sense of peace, ”concluded Shea.