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Yeah .

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The invasion to Ukraine of Russia

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underlined again that you need to have

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capable forces combat ready ,

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but you must be able to deploy them as

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fast as it is necessary to have the

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effect wherever you need . We need to

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be prepared . And the most important

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thing I do is to avoid war NATO

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territory . That's my job . And to

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reach that goal we need to exercise and

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have a credible capability .

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It feels even more relevant to work and

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operate and train together with free

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european forces and and also

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underpinning the transatlantic link .

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It makes real sense more than ever .

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This time , I I really have to

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underline that . Yeah , the

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message that it sends is that we're

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strong , that we are united in these

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times . We're doing this together as a

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team . Mm hmm .