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In the run-up to a major NATO summit, a host of former generals have issued a plea for those attending the summit to take a harder line with Russian aggression, lest the Alliance fall apart.
Jun. 3
NATO
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Sweden says Kyiv still needs the Gripen fighter aircraft the day after Stockholm announced it had frozen plans to provide them.
Jun. 2
War in Ukraine
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Jun. 1
NATO
The latest threat from the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council as some nations say Kyiv can strike Russian territories with Western weaponry is not the first and is unlikely to be the last.
Jun. 1
War in Ukraine
Some NATO member states are opposed, however. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that "for Italy, it is impossible to use our weapons outside of Ukraine".
May. 31
War in Ukraine
Reports suggest that NATO members can provide less than 5 percent of the air defense capability needed to protect Central and Eastern Europe from a full-scale attack.
May. 30
War in Ukraine
The two-day gathering in the Czech capital is meant to focus on efforts to hammer out a package of support for Ukraine at NATO's summit in Washington in July.
May. 30
War in Ukraine
Poland’s deputy defense minister backed up an earlier statement by the country’s foreign minister to allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia with the weapons Warsaw has provided.
May. 29
War in Ukraine
Some in the West have asked President Zelensky not to pressure individual allies to support a definitive, prescribed timetable for Ukrainian accession.
May. 29
NATO
First signed by NATO and the Warsaw Pact in 1990, the treaty limits the number of tanks, combat aircraft and other military equipment that can be deployed between the Atlantic and the Ural Mountains.
May. 29
NATO
Hungary said it cannot trust Rutte “100 percent” and that the post should be taken by someone from Eastern Europe since the Alliance now faces threats from the bloc’s eastern flank.
May. 28
NATO
After Russia’s recent nuclear weapons drills, the Head of the FSB Border Service blamed NATO in an interview with RIA Novosti for preparing to attack Russia.
May. 28
War in Ukraine
There is a proposal to train Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) soldiers within Ukraine itself, rather than transporting them across Europe.
May. 27
War in Ukraine
Ukraine has been pressing its Western backers -- especially the United States -- to allow it to use the longer-range weaponry they supply to hit targets in Russia.
May. 27
NATO
Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite stated that this drone wall will enable continuous aerial surveillance of the entire external border from Norway to Poland.
May. 27
NATO
Russia - Baltic tensions are rising. This is actually serious - it has the makings of a proper NATO-Russia crisis.
May. 25
Lawmakers are scheduled to debate national air defense law on Wednesday. Some say that if a Russian attack drone violates Romanian air space, the Air Force should be allowed to open fire.
Sep. 11