US Permanent Representative to NATO Julian Smith recalled that the Alliance's summit, which is due to be held this month, will approve a new Strategic Concept - for the first time since 2010, and it will be Russia that will be named the main threat in it.. Her words are quoted by the press service of the US Department of Defense..

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The main topic of the summit will be support for Ukraine.

Smith explained that after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into our country, NATO increased the number of battle groups in the front-line member countries of the Alliance from four to eight.. Also, the response to Putin's aggression should be considered applications for membership in the organization of Sweden and Finland.

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Recall, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that Russia's war against Ukraine is likely to end at the negotiating table, like all armed conflicts before it.. The only question is when and under what conditions.