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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin said there could be an end to the war in Ukraine if Kiev
00:07agreed to certain demands.
00:11NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia has ramped up aggression towards alliance
00:17members.
00:22Russian President Vladimir Putin said a ceasefire could be brokered with Ukraine if Kiev renounces
00:29its plans to join NATO and withdraws troops from areas annexed by Moscow.
00:59Putin delivered the comments during a speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow.
01:23Ukrainian and NATO officials have rejected the proposal, saying it is not a real offer
01:27for peace.
01:31Russia has engaged in renewed high levels of hostile activity against NATO allies, according
01:36to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
01:38As a result, the alliance says it stepped up its defences through increased intelligence
01:43exchange, enhanced protection of critical infrastructure including undersea and in cyberspace,
01:49with further restrictions on Russian spies.
01:53Recent weeks we have seen a surge of sabotage, cyber attacks, instrumentalised migration
02:01and other hostile actions by Russia.
02:06We will be calm and measured in how we respond to Russian provocations.
02:13At the same time, we will call out Russia's actions and impose costs.
02:19A defence strategy not seen since the Cold War was laid out at a meeting of NATO defence
02:24ministers including Ukrainian Minister Rustam Umarov.
02:28It detailed how the alliance intends to deter and defend against global threats including
02:32Russia and included 500,000 troops at high readiness across all domains.
02:38Ahead of the 75th anniversary of NATO in Washington, D.C. next month, allies also agreed to focus
02:44on stable military support to Ukraine.
02:47It will give more predictability and transparency and ensure a minimum of fair burden-sharing
02:53within the alliance and most importantly, it will send a message to Moscow that they
02:59cannot wait us out.
03:01NATO defence ministers say it's now time for long-term planning for Ukraine and have agreed
03:05extensive military training for Ukrainian soldiers towards stronger interoperability.
03:10They also say it's now time in practice and in language to move Ukraine towards full membership
03:15of the alliance.
03:16Shona Murray, Euronews, NATO.
03:21European People's Party President Manfred Weber said the door is open for Tisza to join
03:27the group in European Parliament.
03:29The party leader made the comments during a meeting in Budapest, Hungary.
03:34The centrist Tisza party won seven seats at the recent European parliamentary election.
03:39Congratulations to the democratic success here in Hungary, to the support from the citizens
03:44of Hungary and I saw a lot of very qualified personalities and I will report back to the
03:51EPP group.
03:52I guess when I see what is reality here on the ground, that the seven colleagues are
03:57welcomed in the EPP group, so the door is open.
04:00Tisza party vice president Peter Magyar said at the joint press conference this was the
04:05beginning of a fruitful European friendship.
04:08He stressed, however, that his MEPs may be critical of, quote, sensitive issues but did
04:14not disclose the exact issues.
04:16We discussed the technical aspects and the content aspects of the joint work, and next
04:21week we are going to Brussels and two MEPs are already sitting there.
04:25This has become the biggest fraction in the European Parliament, with all kinds of contradictory
04:31statements.
04:32Compared to the government's statements, the right-wing won the EPP elections.
04:38It is an indispensable member of the EU decision-making.
04:43Tisza MEPs would join the parliamentary group, but not the alliance itself.
04:49EPP members will deliver their final say on Monday.