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STUTTGART, Germany \u2014 NATO members plan to approve additional support for Ukraine in that country\u2019s defense against Russia\u2019s invasion, including equipment to counter a potential chemical or biological attack.<\/p>\n
The support is crucial to protect the alliance\u2019s own member nations, who would also suffer from contamination if Russia used a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) weapon against Ukraine, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday from Brussels, during a televised press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny use of chemical weapons would totally change the nature of the conflict, and would be a blatant violation of international law and have far-reaching consequences,\u201d Stoltenberg said. \u201cI think that\u2019s the most important message to convey, that any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stoltenberg did not immediately provide details on what the CBRN support would include, saying it will be one of several discussion points during Thursday\u2019s planned summit with leaders of the 30 member nations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will virtually address the NATO leaders during the summit in a closed session.<\/p>\n
Members are expected to approve new cybersecurity assistance for Ukraine, plus additional support for non-NATO members Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The role of China in the Ukrainian conflict will also be discussed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAllies are concerned that China could provide material support for the Russian invasion,\u201d Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, member nations have deployed four new NATO battle groups in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary, effectively doubling the number of groups positioned along the alliance\u2019s eastern border. France has offered to lead the group in Romania, while the Czech Republic will lead the additional troops in Slovakia. Bulgaria and Hungary will lead the battlegroups in their respective countries, a NATO spokesperson told Defense News.<\/p>\n
NATO has existing battle groups stationed in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland, and together the eight battle groups will span NATO\u2019s borders from the Baltic to the Black Sea, Stoltenberg said. There are now hundreds of thousands of NATO troops at high readiness alert across the alliance, to include 100,000 U.S. forces across Europe, and 40,000 forces directly under NATO command mostly in the eastern part of the alliance, he added.<\/p>\n