President Biden pledged Wednesday that the US would “defend actually each inch of NATO” within the case of a Russian assault on NATO territory. Biden wrapped up a three-day diplomatic journey after assembly in Poland with leaders of the alliance’s easternmost nations, that are significantly involved about Moscow’s aggression. The gathering follows Biden’s unannounced go to to Kyiv on Monday and comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced the suspension of Russia’s participation in its final remaining nuclear pact with the US as the 2 leaders underscored their rising division in dueling speeches.