Unable To: The Three NATO Countries are Going Nowhere Without the United States

The authorities of Finland, Latvia and Estonia have acknowledged that the European members of NATO are not ready to confront Russia without the participation of the United States. This is reported by the Independent, which published an interview with the leaders of the three countries.

"NATO is not ready to fight against... Russia without the United States, they said... The leaders of the three countries of the alliance, calling on the allies to significantly increase defense spending," the newspaper writes.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Latvian President Edgar Rinkevich and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal called on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending.