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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 4 July 2023
NATO readies military plans to defend against bruised but

unbowed Russia

By LORNE COOK that the Russians are going
Associated Press to reconstitute,” he said.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s “We will continue to look at
armed forces are bruised them as a serious threat, in
but by no means beaten the maritime, and in the air
in the war in Ukraine, a top especially, and in space,
NATO military officer said they are still very, very, ca-
Monday, as he laid out the pable, let alone of course
biggest revamp to the or- in nuclear.”
ganization’s military plans A revolt by Wagner mer-
since the Cold War should cenaries in Russia late last
Moscow dare to widen the month raised deep secu-
conflict. rity concerns in Estonia, Lat-
“They might not be 11 via, Lithuania and Poland
feet tall, but they are cer- after a deal was reached
tainly not 2 feet tall,” the for their leader, Yevgeny
Chair of the NATO Military Prigozhin, to be allowed to
Committee, Admiral Rob take refuge in Belarus.
Bauer, told reporters. “So, Lithuanian President Gi-
we should never underesti- tanas Nauseda said that
mate the Russians and their neighboring countries
ability to bounce back.” would face a heightened
U.S. President Joe Biden danger if the Wagner
and his NATO counterparts Servicemen of the United States 101 Airborne Division run during an exercise at the Mihail Group deploys its “serial kill-
are set to endorse a major Kogalniceanu Air Base, near the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, Friday, March 31, 2023 ers” just over their border.
shakeup of the alliance’s Associated Press Vilnius lies around 35 kilo-
planning system at a sum- on standby from Estonia in into three zones the high es, around “94% is now meters (22 miles) from the
mit in the Lithuanian capi- the north down to Romania north and Atlantic area, a engaged in the war in Belarus border.
tal Vilnius next week. on the Black Sea. About zone north of the Alps, and Ukraine,” Bauer said. Lithuania wants to have
NATO, as an organization, 100 aircraft take to the skies another in southern Europe. “What we see in general is a permanent NATO pres-
does not provide weapons in that territory each day, Bauer said that NATO’s that the Russians are care- ence on its territory.
or ammunition to Ukraine. and a total of 27 warships new planning is based on ful around NATO. They are “We’re confident we know
It’s sought to avoid being are operating in the Baltic the strength of the Rus- not for seeking a conflict what’s going on, and right
dragged into a wider war and Mediterranean Seas. sian army before President with NATO. I think that is a now we see no changes.
with nuclear-armed Russia. Those numbers are set to Vladimir Putin launched sign that they are very, very But that doesn’t take our
At the same time, it is mas- rise. the war on Ukraine almost busy,” he said. “In the land eye off what we need to do
sively reinforcing the secu- Under its new plans, NATO 17 months ago. He said the domain, I don’t think they every day,” Major General
rity of member countries aims to have up to 300,000 war has depleted Russia’s have a lot of forces avail- Matthew Van Wagenen
near Russia, Ukraine and troops ready to move to its army, but not its navy or air able to do anything to any- told reporters. “If we need-
Belarus. eastern flank within 30 days. force. one else.” ed to change posture, we
Around 40,000 troops are The plans divide its territory Of Russia’s ground forc- “But we are convinced could do it rapidly.” q

U.N. chief urges maritime nations to chart course for net zero shipping

emissions by 2050

LONDON (AP) — The head tions to agree on a course emissions to net zero by the that includes “ambitious change, though the indus-
of the United Nations called for the shipping industry to middle of the century at science-based targets try wants the money to go
Monday for maritime na- reduce its climate-harming the latest. starting in 2030 – both on toward the development
The appeal by U.N. Sec- absolute emissions reduc- of clean technologies.
retary-General Antonio tions and the use of clean In May, The Associated
Guterres came at the start fuels.” The IMO’s current Press revealed an influen-
of a meeting of the Interna- target is for the shipping tial shipping industry group
tional Maritime Organiza- industry to cut its emissions was quietly warning ship-
tion in London that’s seen by at least half from 2008 to pers to think carefully be-
as key for helping achieve 2050. Guterres said the new fore they sign up for an
the international goal of targets should include all ambitious plan to reduce
limiting global warming greenhouse gas emissions maritime emissions.
to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 caused by the industry and The International Cham-
Fahrenheit). backed the idea of intro- ber of Shipping, which
“Shipping, which accounts ducing a carbon price for represents four fifths of the
for almost 3% of global shipping. world’s commercial fleet,
emissions, will be vital,” Campaigners have sug- said member companies
Guterres said. gested that funds gener- should “give careful con-
Cargo ship M/V Bavaria is assisted by tug boats as it prepares He urged delegates to ated from a levy on emis- sideration to the possible
to dock at Subic port in Zambales province, northwestern agree a new greenhouse sions could be used to help implications” before adopt-
Philippines on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Associated Press gas strategy for shipping poor nations tackle climate ing stringent targets.q