U.S. President Barack Obama meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington May 26, 2015. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
AFP: Russia's nuclear threats 'deeply troubling': NATO chief
Washington (AFP) - Russia's provocative rhetoric on nuclear weapons and its dramatic expansion of flights by nuclear bombers are "deeply troubling" and "dangerous," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday.
Russia's plans to deploy nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad -- near Poland's border -- and its threat to move nuclear forces in Crimea would "fundamentally change the balance of security in Europe," Stoltenberg said in speech during a visit to Washington.
In blunt language, the NATO chief delivered a scathing critique of Russia's behavior over the past year -- including Moscow's armed intervention in Ukraine -- and vowed the transatlantic alliance would redouble its commitment to "collective defense."
Update: NATO: Russia May Use Nuclear Weapons Amid Growing War Fears -- Value Walk
WNU Editor: The Russians are saying the same thing about the West .... Russian Foreign Ministry Official Warns of Threat of Nuclear Expansion (Moscow Times).