NATO reaffirmed its commitment to leverage devastating economic consequences on Russia and to condemn the nation’s invasion of Ukraine during a meeting in Brussels on March 24. The alliance also called on China’s communist regime to stop its support of Russia. “Russia’s war against Ukraine has shattered peace in Europe and is causing enormous human suffering and destruction,” the 30 state leaders of the NATO alliance said in a joint statement. “We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.” The alliance jointly reaffirmed Ukraine’s right to sovereignty and territorial integrity, and said Ukraine retained an inviolable right to self-defense. NATO called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to immediately stop the war in Ukraine and withdraw his military forces and called on Belarus to end its complicity in the invasion. “Massive sanctions and heavy political costs have been imposed on Russia in order to bring an end to …