Putin’s Ukraine escalation ‘dangerous and reckless’ – NATO chief

NEW YORK --- Russian President Vladimir Putin's mobilization of thousands of extra troops for the war in Ukraine will escalate the conflict and his threat to use nuclear weapons was "dangerous and reckless rhetoric," NATO's secretary general said on Wednesday. Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters editor in chief Alessandra Galloni in an interview that Russia's first mobilization since World War II was not a surprise but that it would escalate the conflict that began with the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. Stoltenberg said Putin's moves demonstrated "that the war is not going according to his plans," Russian troops were ill-equipped and lacked proper command and control, and that it was ...

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