Emmanuel Macron on U.S. role as NATO scrambles jets to repel Russia incursions

Emmanuel Macron on U.S. role as NATO scrambles jets to repel Russia incursions

Three Russian fighter planes flew into Estonian airspace, and NATO scrambled Italian, Swedish and Finnish aircraft to repel them. Russia last week sent drones into Romania and Poland, two other NATO members. The alliance is executing what it calls “Operation Eastern Sentry” along NATO’s eastern flank, but the United States is not participating. Margaret Brennan…

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Belarus, Russia conduct joint military drills amid NATO tensions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Belarus, Russia conduct joint military drills amid NATO tensions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Moscow and Minsk insist, however, that the drills are defensive, adding that Western security concerns are ‘nonsense’. Russia has showcased some of its advanced weapons while conducting a joint military drill with Belarusian troops amid heightened tensions with NATO countries following alleged violations of the airspaces of Poland and Romania by Moscow. Approximately 7,000 troops,…

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Tracking US and NATO support for Ukraine: A full breakdown | Russia-Ukraine war News

Tracking US and NATO support for Ukraine: A full breakdown | Russia-Ukraine war News

After a week of high-stakes diplomacy aimed at halting the war in Ukraine, United States President Donald Trump says he is set on arranging a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Following separate meetings with both leaders, Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine, but pledged security guarantees…

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Moment of truth for NATO

Moment of truth for NATO

The NATO summit in the Netherlands. Haiyun Jiang | Via Reuters It’ll be a moment of truth for NATO on Wednesday when the Western military alliance releases a joint statement on a heavily pushed and previewed collective defense spending hike. Allies have been corralled, cajoled and pressured to hike their defense expenditure from 2% to…

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