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In the event that Russia launches an attack or invasion against Estonia, the United States will enter the conflict, according to the head of the Department of the Defense.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III spoke Thursday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Belgium. The conference focused heavily on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is approaching its year anniversary.
Austin was asked by a reporter how the country could be confident they'd have the backing of U.S. military might in the event of a Russian invasion.
"You know, I'll just point to what our president, President Biden, has said a number of times and what I've also said. Our commitment to Article 5 is ironclad. And we take that very seriously and will live up to our commitments," Austin told the press.
Article 5 of NATO’s Washington Treaty is known as "the principle of collective defence." It obliges all member countries to come to the aid of another member whose sovereignty or territorial integrity might be under threat.
NATO defines it as being "at the very heart of NATO’s founding treaty."
It is important to make this clear to the ultranationalists who rule over Russia today. If the US/NATO had allowed Ukraine to join NATO in 2008 after the Russian invasion of Georgia, there would have been no Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 or 2022.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III spoke Thursday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Belgium. The conference focused heavily on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is approaching its year anniversary.
Austin was asked by a reporter how the country could be confident they'd have the backing of U.S. military might in the event of a Russian invasion.
"You know, I'll just point to what our president, President Biden, has said a number of times and what I've also said. Our commitment to Article 5 is ironclad. And we take that very seriously and will live up to our commitments," Austin told the press.
Article 5 of NATO’s Washington Treaty is known as "the principle of collective defence." It obliges all member countries to come to the aid of another member whose sovereignty or territorial integrity might be under threat.
NATO defines it as being "at the very heart of NATO’s founding treaty."
It is important to make this clear to the ultranationalists who rule over Russia today. If the US/NATO had allowed Ukraine to join NATO in 2008 after the Russian invasion of Georgia, there would have been no Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 or 2022.
