The Netherlands took command of a NATO air defense mission in eastern Poland, where allies coordinate logistical support for Ukraine’s war with Russia. About 300 Dutch troops, equipped with Patriot and other air defense systems recently replaced German forces, who had previously been carrying out the air defense mission in Jasionka, Poland (near the Ukraine border). “We protect supply lines to Ukraine, defend NATO’s eastern flank, and develop our capabilities,” a Dutch officer said. In January 2023, Germany’s former Foreign Minister and former co-chair of the Green Party Annalena Baerbock, at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, said in English, “We are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other” and urged NATO allies to stay united on sending tanks to Ukraine.
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