00:02Speaking at the EU News Defense and Space Summit in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General
00:06Mark Reuter said there is no immediate threat to the alliance's territory, adding that
00:12he does not take Russia's nuclear threats seriously because Moscow could never win a
00:17confrontation with NATO.
00:18We have prepared for this, we have planned for this, and this is true for the whole of
00:21NATO. We will defend every inch of NATO territory. Putin knows that he can never win from NATO,
00:28so I don't take this that serious. But, of course, we had to reply and make clear to
00:32him that NATO is a defensive alliance, as I said, and stop the war in Ukraine and stop
00:37the nuclear threats because it's not helpful. And NATO is so much stronger than Russia is,
00:43so there's no way they can ever beat us.
00:44His remarks follow media reports that Russia sent NATO a letter warning it against any attempt
00:50to cut off the exclave of Kaliningrad from the Russian mainland. Moscow said it was ready
00:56to use its entire arsenal, including nuclear weapons.
01:00The NATO chief said Russia is losing 43,000 troops killed or seriously wounded a month on
01:06the front line. He added that Kiev is doing much better than a year ago and that allies
01:11continue to provide military support. As far as Reuter is concerned, NATO should stay calm,
01:17keep backing Ukraine and ramp up its defense investment.
