cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/51992990

• Eastern, Nordic NATO allies urge stronger air and missile defences
• They accuse Russia of repeated airspace violations
• Joint statement calls for boosting defence industry capacity
• Ukraine's Zelenskiy also attends Bucharest meeting, ​urges allied unity

Russia's repeated airspace violations of countries on the ‌eastern flank of NATO underline the urgent need to consolidate the alliance's air defences against missiles and drones, the leaders of 14 allies said on Wednesday.

They also called for greater cooperation in building up defence industry capacity in a ​joint statement, issued after a meeting of eastern flank allies in Bucharest hosted by Romania's ​President Nicusor Dan and Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

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"We condemn Russia's highly confrontational actions ⁠against Allies and partners, including sabotage, cyberattacks, and a wide range of hybrid attacks and destabilising ​activities," the leaders' joint statement said.

"Repeated airspace violations on the Eastern Flank underscore the urgent need to ​continue strengthening NATO's air and missile defence, including against unmanned aerial vehicle threats."

Romania, Poland and Baltic states have had their airspace repeatedly breached by Russian drones. Russia has denied targeting NATO states. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, NATO Secretary General ​Mark Rutte and U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno were among ​those attending Wednesday's one-day gathering.

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The Russian State Duma unanimously passed legislation significantly expanding Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s authority to deploy the armed forces abroad, The Moscow Times reported on May 13.

Amending existing federal laws on citizenship and defense, the new measure allows Putin to use the military to “protect” Russian nationals facing arrest, detention, or criminal prosecution in foreign countries.

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The legislation specifically targets cases where Russians are detained by foreign courts acting without Moscow’s participation, or by international tribunals that Russia does not recognize, according to an explanatory note accompanying the bill.

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The expansion of Putin’s military powers comes amid a series of warnings from NATO intelligence agencies that the Kremlin is actively preparing for a potential war with European nations. Earlier this year, Danish intelligence assessed that Russia could launch a large-scale European conflict within five years, while the German BND (Federal Intelligence Service) warned of potential Crimea-style provocations in the Baltic states, according to The Moscow Times.

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