Mircea Geoana

Fierce fighting continues between Ukraine and Russia in the Donetsk region, with both sides reporting heavy clashes near the city of Pokrovsk. Russia's defense ministry stated that its forces had secured control of Novohrodivka, a village located 12 kilometers from Pokrovsk. Meanwhile, Ukraine's General Staff reported that over 20 Russian attacks in the area were repelled in the past day.

Poland and other NATO members bordering Ukraine not only have the right but are also obligated to intercept and destroy Russian missiles and drones fired at Ukraine if they threaten NATO territory. This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in an interview with the Financial Times.

Mariya Gabriel is set to assume the role of Deputy Secretary General of NATO, according to sources cited by Club Z. This development has been confirmed by diplomatic circles, which indicate that Gabriel, the former Deputy Prime Minister, is in line to fill the position currently held by Mark Rutte.

Hungary has dropped its opposition to Mark Rutte's candidacy for NATO secretary general after a meeting between Rutte and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during the EU leaders' council in Brussels, as reported by media outlets in the Netherlands, Agence France-Presse, and the Financial Times.

Deputy Secretary General of NATO Mircea Geoană, who is visiting Bulgaria, welcomed the commitment that the has made to allocate a minimum of 2 percent of its gross domestic product to defense costs in the coming years. This will increase security in Bulgaria and make NATO stronger, noted Mircea Geoană.

Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Mircea Geoană, is currently on a working visit to Bulgaria, accompanied by representatives from various alliance member countries. The focus of their visit is the multinational NATO battle group stationed at the "Novo Selo" training ground.

Bulgaria joined the Multinational Ammunition Stockpiling Initiative today.

The news was announced by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană.

This happened at a ceremony during the two-day meeting in Brussels of the ministers of defense from the member countries of the pact. On the Bulgarian side, the document was signed by Todor Tagarev.

NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana believes the alliance may no longer live up to its commitment not to deploy additional forces in Central and Eastern Europe, AFP reported.

NATO is no longer bound by past commitments to hold back from deploying its forces in eastern Europe, the US-led alliance's deputy secretary general said Sunday.

Moscow itself has "voided of any content" the NATO-Russia Founding Act, by attacking Ukraine and halting dialogue with the alliance, Mircea Geoana told AFP.

NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana on Friday rejected Russia's "anachronistic" demand for the Atlantic alliance to withdraw from Romania and Bulgaria, members since 2007.