Thread by @jseldin

Happening now: @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg talks to reporters following Summit of NATO Heads of State & Government

"The Ukrainian forces are fighting bravely & are able to inflict damage on the #Russia|n forces" per @NATO @jensstoltenberg

"The message from NATO leaders...we are there to support #Ukraine" he says - also #Sweden #Finland #EU

NATO allies continuing to provide military, other support to #Ukraine, per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

Says allies are "very committed"

"We are sending a very clear message to #Russia" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg w/support to #Ukraine

W/allies "an attack on one is an attack on all" he says, when asked about potential #Russia|n #cyber attacks

NATO working on deconfliction w/#Russia in some areas "to make sure we don't have...accidents" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

#Cyberattacks "can trigger Article 5" he adds

NATO Response Forces being activated for 1st time "to prevent any miscalculation, any misunderstanding that we are not ready to protect all allies" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

Stoltenberg adds this is beyond #Ukraine due to #Russia demands NATO pull forces from alliance mbrs

NATO Response Forces from US but also has #France, #Germany components, per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

"We have many elements, components of the @NATO response force" per @jensstoltenberg

"The size of the NATO response force has been tripled since 2014 to almost 40,000 troops" he adds, noting not all of those troops are being deployed

Some of the NATO Response Force already operating - naval and air components - per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

Ground forces to be deployed in coming days, he says

NATO-#Russia Founding Act "has been violated not once but twice" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg "[it] doesn't work"

"#Russia shows no respect" he says "If one partner doesn't respect that agreement, the agreement doesn't work...that's the reality"

#Russia "they are moving toward #Kyiv & their stated goal is to change the gvt of #Ukraine" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

Ukrainian Armed Forces "are really proving their bravery & their courage"

"What we need t see now is that #Russia stop its attack on #Ukraine, that it withdraw all its forces...that's the easiest, the fastest, the best way toward peace" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

"We have a defensive presence in the east. We are increasing our presence ...to prevent a conflict" in NATO alliance territories, per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg

"This is to preserve peace & to prevent an attack"

"Make no mistake - we are there to protect all allies...we convey that message again & again, not just in words but in deeds" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg on troop deployments to the alliance's east

"That is the way to prevent war"