NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday 4 March that the Alliance would not take part in the conflict in Ukraine.
While noting that the Allies were supporting Ukraine, including with military equipment, and that since 2014 they had provided training to the Ukrainian army, the Secretary General said that NATO “will not be a party to the conflict”, that it would not intervene directly.
“NATO does not seek war with Russia”, he said.
Speaking to the media after an...