NATO chief sees no need to change nuclear alert level

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Associated Press

LASK AIR BASE, Poland (AP) — NATO’s chief says the alliance sees no need to change its nuclear weapons alert level, despite Russia’s threats on such weapons. The alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, spoke to The Associated Press following talks Tuesday on European security with Polish President Andrzej Duda. They met at an air base in Lask, central Poland, where NATO’s Polish and U.S. fighter jets are based. Russia has invaded Ukraine, which is just across Poland’s eastern border. Stoltenberg stressed that Russia has signed deals agreeing that nuclear war cannot be won and should not be fought. Russian forces on Tuesday shelled Ukraine’s second-largest city and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 40-mile military convoy.