President Joe Biden said in a statement earlier this month ... "[Preparing for war] has been shown by the decisions made at NATO summit held in July of this year." He added that Moscow "must ...

He went on to dissect Biden's preoccupation ... "[Preparing for war] has been shown by the decisions made at NATO summit held in July of this year. [Russia] must be prepared for any development ...

Speaking at the NATO Summit, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... Using a very different tone from the Biden Administration, Hegseth told reporters, "In some cases, there's nothing like hard power." ...

While US defence secretary Pete Hegseth suggested NATO membership was not realistic for Ukraine, despite the Biden administration ... by Allies at the Washington Summit last year.