Tag: NATO
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Romania intercepts Russian Shahed drone in its territory
A Romanian F-16 pilot shot down a Russian Shahed/Geran-2-type drone in Buzău County, around 114 km from Bucharest. The drone entered Romanian territory via the Black Sea and travelled at approximately 200 km/h.It was intercepted by Italian Eurofighter jets and Romanian F-16 fighter jets, which successfully shot it down. The drone was a Shahed/Geran-2 type—an…
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President Trump announces license to Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles: MOU with Iran cancelled
At the NATO Summit in Ankara today, US President Donald Trump announced that he will be providing a license to Ukraine to produce Patriots missiles domestically. Ukraine has requested permission to manufacture Patriot missiles domestically to supply its air defences for use against Russian ballistic missile attacks on cities and civilians. Russia has launched ballistic…
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NATO Summit underway: US to remove sanctions on Turkey and more military aid pledged to Ukraine
European leaders and the US President have gathered in Ankara, Turkey for the annual NATO summit. Several important announcements were made including on further military aid to Ukraine. NATO leaders have pledged up to €70 billion of military aid to Ukraine for this year which includes a new round of anti-air defence missiles and also…
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President Trump concedes that Ukraine is doing well in war
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited US President Donald Trump at the White House ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, scheduled for 7 and 8 July. During the press conference, Secretary-General Rutte praised President Trump for pressuring NATO allies to increase defence spending. He presented a chart showing that European NATO members and…
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The EU works with NATO to simplify defence procurement and increase preparedness
Yesterday, European Parliament President Robert Metsola announced that the Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on a new defence simplification package aimed at removing administrative delays in procurement, permitting, reporting and cross-border cooperation. The EU is moving ahead with new legislation to simplify defence procurement, accelerate permitting and boost industrial readiness,…
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Ukraine strikes Saint Petersburg as Putin opens his economic forum: Mark Rutte in Kyiv
Earlier today, the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum opened against a backdrop of smoke caused by Ukrainian drone attacks on strategic sites in the city, including energy facilities, ammunition factories and sites, and even a Russian corvette called Boikiy that was docked in Kronstadt. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also continued to make territorial gains on…
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State Secretary Marco Rubio confirms that Ukraine-Russia peace talks have collapsed
Earlier today at the NATO Summit in Helsingborg, Sweden, US State Secretary Marco Rubio has confirmed that the peace talks which the US was mediating between Ukraine and Russia have collapsed. He denied that the US was taking Russia’s side and that the US was engaged in this diplomatic role because it is one of…
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NATO Foreign Ministers meet in Sweden: Rutte confirms Europe’s long-term plan to replace US military assets
NATO Foreign Ministers are meeting today in Helsingborg, Sweden, (a strategically important coastal city on the narrowest part of the Öresund strait). Ministers are being hosted by Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and will discuss current US troops withdrawals from Europe and the augmentation of European forces within NATO. Secretary-General Mark…
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Sannah Marin says that the switch from Non-Alignment to NATO membership happened overnight with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Yesterday, former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin appeared at the European Parliament for a presentation of her memoir, Hope in Action, at an event hosted by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. The book traces Marin’s rise from a poor and working-class background to the premiership of Finland and reflects on leadership, politics and the scrutiny…
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NATO Secretary-General travels to Washington to persuade Trump to stay in NATO
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has travelled to Washington to hold meetings with the US administration and US President Donald Trump. The meeting revolved mostly on the war on Iran and President’s Trump’s protests against NATO for the lack of help they provided in the US war war against Iran. Talks are currently ongoing between the…
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French soldier killed by Iranian attack on Iraqi base: Italy to pull its troops out of Iraq
One French military officer was killed by an Iranian drone and missile attack on a joint French and Peshmerga base in Erbil in the Makhmour area , Iraq. Footage of the attack below. Italy is also in the process of pulling out its troops from Iraq after Iran targeted the NATO-compound Camp Singara in a…
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Stubb counters Sanchez on NATO defence spending: Spanish Premier against newly announced European nuclear deterrent
In a discussion held today at the Munich Security Conference, Finnish President Alexander Stubb chided the Spanish Prime Minister over his position on defence spending. President Stubb countered the Spanish Prime Minister’s explanation for refusing to raise his country’s defence, even implying that Spain is a defence consumer rather than a defence provider. Prime Minister…