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Articles with tag "NATO"

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.”

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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Zelensky’s Nuclear Arms Comments ‘Dangerous Provocation’ – Putin

The Ukrainian leader had said "either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which will protect us, or we must have some kind of alliance."
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Russia Could Be Able To Attack NATO by 2030 – German Intelligence

A direct confrontation between Moscow and the U.S.-led military alliance was "becoming an option for Russia," BND foreign intelligence chief Bruno Kahl...
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Finland to Place NATO Base Near Russian Border

The base in southeastern Finland will serve as NATO’s new headquarters for the Northern European land command unit.
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Putin Warns West Risks ‘War’ if It Backs Ukraine Long-Range Strikes

Putin's comments came as Kyiv pressed the West to provide more powerful weapons with fewer restrictions.
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Germany Accuses Russia’s GRU Military Intelligence of Cyberattacks on NATO, EU

Germany’s BfV said unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU “carried out cyberattacks and other reconnaissance activities against targets in NATO and EU countries...
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Latvia Reports Russian Drone Crash on NATO Territory

Fellow NATO member Romania also said on Sunday that a Russian attack drone had entered its airspace.
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Romania Condemns Fresh Airspace Breach by Russian Drone Attack on Ukraine

Romania's army radars detected a drone that had entered its airspace before it "left the national territory towards Ukraine," Defense Ministry said in...
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