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Articles with tag "NATO"

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NATO Breathes Sigh of Relief After Tiptoeing Around Trump at Summit

Moscow’s shadow loomed over the conference that saw alliance members pledge to raise their defense spending to 5% of GDP.

NATO Declares Russia ‘Long-Term Threat’ to Its Security

The alliance also committed to spending 5% of GDP annually on defense and security, which Moscow had earlier dismissed and promised to counter.
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Russia Can Sustain War in Ukraine Through 2027, NATO Believes

While the Kremlin can finance the war for several more years, expanded weapons production is likely unfeasible, a NATO official told BBC Russian.
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NATO to End Disclosure of Ukraine Aid and Defense Planning, Fearing Russian Exploitation

The alliance is worried that Russia is using its policy of transparency for propaganda and military purposes.
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Senior NATO Official to MT: We Expect Putin to Retaliate Against Ukraine for ‘Spider’s Web’ Operation

“I think Russia will use this to cover and justify additional, heavier strikes and stalling negotiations,” the official said.
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Trump Special Envoy Says Russian Concerns Over NATO Enlargement ‘Fair’

Keith Kellogg told ABC News that NATO membership for Ukraine “is not on the table, and we’re not the only country that says that.”
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Putin Wants End to NATO Expansion, Sanctions Relief for Peace in Ukraine – Reuters

Multiple Russian sources said the Kremlin leader wants a "written" pledge by major Western powers not to enlarge NATO eastward.
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Lithuania to Spend $1.2Bln on Border Defenses With Russia and Belarus

Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said the new spending would “block and slow down the actions of hostile states.”
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NATO Jets Intercept Russian Reconnaissance Plane Over Baltic Sea

The Swedish jets, operating out of Malbork, Poland, identified the aircraft as a Russian IL-20.
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NATO Air Forces Learn From Ukraine War in Year's Largest Combat Exercise

With intelligence services suggesting Russia could attack Europe within five years, NATO is sending the message that it can and will fight back.
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opinion Sophie in 't Veld

History Will Judge Europe If It Doesn’t Stand Up to Putin

We are paying a high price for not having built up a strong Europe, and the cost of our collective denial is going up by the day.
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U.K. Defense Chief to Moscow: ‘You Are in a Position of Weakness, Not Strength’

"Talks about Ukraine cannot happen without Ukraine," British Defense Secretary John Healey also said.
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Ukraine's Peace Goals 'Unrealistic,' U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth Says

He also ruled out sending U.S. peacekeepers to Ukraine and urged European NATO members to end their dependency on Washington for security.
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Critical Week for NATO as Trump, Ukraine War Test Alliance

NATO members will seek answers on U.S. commitment to Ukraine and European security at its defense ministerial and the Munich Security Conference.
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Feature

‘It’s Our Backyard’: On Board a Lithuanian Patrol for Russian Hybrid Threats in the Baltic

Amid rising hybrid warfare in the Baltic Sea, a Lithuanian Navy vessel seeks to prevent further incidents as part of NATO's Baltic Sentry operation.
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opinion Jordan Warlick

U.S. Leadership is Essential to Fight Russia’s Covert War on the West

The new administration must lead NATO to respond to Russia's attacks on the alliance because Moscow is waging war in the shadows.
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NATO to Send 2 Ships to Guard Baltic Sea Infrastructure, Finland Says

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen called Russia’s “shadow fleet” a threat to critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
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NATO and Ukraine to Discuss Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Strike

Ambassadors from NATO and Ukraine will convene on Tuesday in the NATO-Ukraine Council to address the missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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NATO Chief Says North Korean Troops Sent to Russia’s Kursk Region

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte decried the deployment as a sign of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “growing desperation.”
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Russia Summons German Ambassador Over NATO Baltic Sea Command Center

The protest comes after Germany inaugurated the new naval command center in the port city of Rostock.
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