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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday, the 4th of November, during a visit to the German capital where he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that Russia is carrying out hybrid attacks against other countries as part of its all-out war against Ukraine.

“Russia is carrying out … an intensified campaign of hybrid attacks in the territories of our allies, directly interfering in our democracies, sabotaging industry and committing acts of violence,” Rutte said.

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Calling the deployment of North Korean troops by Moscow a “major escalation”, Rutte said China and Iran also supported Moscow, but added that the NATO alliance was cooperating with countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including South Korea and Japan.

  • Foni@lemm.ee
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    4 hours ago

    Don’t get me wrong, Canada, the UK and others are, and in my opinion should remain, close allies with 100% mutual defense. But for the European Union I would like a fully integrated common army, even more than the current NATO and that would not make sense without at least a partial political union, something that the EU already has and that neither Canada nor the UK want

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      3 hours ago

      That’s a different matter though. The above comment was about co-opting NATO if the US lost interest in it.

      That doesn’t go against the EU working towards forming a joint military.

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        3 hours ago

        As long as NATO exists, the EU will never have a united army.

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          2 minutes ago

          Tbh, I don’t really see how? What about NATO prevents it?

          And what about the countries of Europe that are in NATO (or have expressed a desire to join) but not the EU?