Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that the defence alliance's annual military drills involving nuclear weapons will be held on Monday. "It is vital that we test our defence," he said, and that the alliance's adversaries "know that Nato is ready and is able to respond to any threat." The new Nato chief was visiting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London when he made the announcement. He also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky there.
According to Rutte, the exercise called "Steadfast Noon" will involve more than 60 aircraft and take place mainly in the airspace of Britain, the North Sea, Belgium and the Netherlands. The secretary general praised Britain for the contribution its armed forces bring to the alliance's nuclear deterrent. - dpa
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