Liz Truss on the war in Ukraine: 'We cannot accept some kind of precarious peace'

Interview by Stefanie Bolzen, Antonello Guerrera and Rafa de Migue.

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- The objective of the NATO summit is to strengthen defense capabilities in Eastern Europe.

Concretely, what does this mean?

Liz Truss.

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Strengthening the flank is of crucial importance.

We have already doubled the number of our troops in Estonia.

In my opinion, there are several things to take into account.

First of all, we are working on having a real deterrent capability by interdiction on the eastern flank.

Second, we need more people, and the UK has already taken steps to fill that gap.

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Thirdly, I think we have to admit that this posture must be more permanent because the appalling Russian invasion of Ukraine means a permanently degraded level of security in Europe.

And NATO's response must be to increase its presence, but also to make this presence more permanent in the region.

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