The foundation contacted the Ukrainian government and with the help of the Spanish Air Force pulled off a remarkable feat. Soon after the Ukraine-Russia conflict began, the Madrina Foundation in Spain heard that 85 orphans were trapped in the village of Nikolievka by nearby fighting. The surroundings are peaceful and there is ample space to play and learn - a far cry from where the children have come in the Donbas region. The school, which had been closed in recent years due to lack of use, has now been reopened to welcome its new students from the east of Ukraine. It's lunchtime at the Inmaculada school in Spain's western city of Salamanca, the new home for Ukrainian orphans flown in by the Spanish air force. More than seven decades later, the alliance finds itself dealing with what it views as a similar threat.
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Then, the U.S and Canada, plus ten western European states, signed the Washington treaty, which created NATO to counter the former Soviet Union's influence in eastern Europe. The move to expand its military presence in eastern Europe has some echoes of the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949. We will agree on a fundamental shift in terms of defense with more high readiness forces, with more forward defense, with more prepositioned equipment.' "We will agree to a new strategic concept, the Madrid Strategic concept, that will be the blueprint for NATO in a more dangerous and unpredictable world. "The Madrid Summit will be a pivotal summit," he said.
On Tuesday, NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said the Madrid summit would set out the organization's strategic direction for the next decade and beyond. Much attention will be on Sweden and Finland, who look set for fast-track NATO membership after Turkey lifted a veto on them joining.Īnother significant development has already been announced, with the alliance set to beef up its rapid response force to 300,000 troops. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to speak to NATO leaders via video link. Now they are dealing with the same conflict in another forum - a NATO summit described as the most significant in decades. Many world leaders coming to Madrid attended the recent G7 meeting in Bavaria, where Russia's assault on Ukraine also dominated the agenda.
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