President Donald Trump criticized the United Nations in his speech on Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly, stating that the U.N. had not attempted to help him reach the ceasefires and peace deals he has brokered since returning to office.
Yvette Cooper warned Russia that NATO’s “combined strength is unparalleled”, that “reckless” aerial provocations should end.
British Royal Air Force fighter jets conducted a NATO defence mission over the skies of Poland in response to Russian drone incursions, the Ministry of Defence has disclosed.
Russian pilots ignored signals from Italian jets responding from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission when they violated Estonian airspace, a senior Estonian military official said Saturday.
The UK will deploy RAF Typhoons to Eastern Europe, a response to Russia launching an incursion into Polish and NATO airspace.
Europe coalescing around the view that the incursion of Russian drones into NATO airspace over Poland was deliberate act.
Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a “preventive” operation in Poland’s airspace Saturday because of a threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine, authorities said
France said it’s deploying fighter jets to Poland and Britain announced fresh sanctions on Russia´s oil revenues and war machine.
Poland contradicted the public line of President Trump and NATO suggesting an accident, stating on Friday “it wasn’t. And we know it.”
NATO allies swiftly held talks Wednesday on the incursion by multiple Russian drones into Polish – and alliance – airspace.
NATO airspace violated by “huge number of Russian drones” overnight, the Prime Minister of Poland said, as he triggered NATO’s Article Four.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine would be considered “legitimate targets for destruction,” unless Russia first agrees to a cease-fire and peace deal. Ukraine’s Western allies are reportedly considering a plan under which the United States would supervise a postwar “buffer zone,” but all boots on the ground would be supplied by non-NATO countries.
Russia rejected the notion of Western security guarantees for Ukraine on Friday, after more than two dozen countries pledged to join a “reassurance” force to deploy in the wartorn country after any eventual peace deal with Moscow.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia.
Germany launched a drive to attract more people into voluntary military service as the country scrambles to strengthen its armed forces.
Russia says it blames NATO for its own decision to invade Ukraine, and consequently feels very “negatively” about Western peacekeepers.
Taiwan plans to increase its defense spending by over 22%, approaching the NATO-recommended levels requested by President Donald Trump.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday that his country is ready to participate in an international coalition to guarantee the security of Ukraine after a prospective peace deal with Russia.
Polish military police are investigating after a reported drone exploded in a field in the east of the country, damaging nearby buildings.
President Donald Trump holds a joint meeting with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday, August 18.
Zelensky can immediately end the Russian invasion “if he wants to” by accepting the terms being offered to him, President Trump said.
European and NATO leaders will join Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his crucial meeting with President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that he somewhat agrees with President Donald Trump that “we have not used our power as much as we should.” And stated that some other nations had trade practices
British government says the UK is ready to deploy troops “from day one” of a ceasefire should one be agreed in the coming days.
Key members of the Russian delegation arrived in Alaska overnight for the Trump-Putin talks planned to take place this afternoon.
India’s state-owned oil refineries stopped buying Russian oil last week, after President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Moscow’s oil customers they could face crushing secondary sanctions for financing the war in Ukraine.
Turkey and Britain on Wednesday signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey, a significant step in Ankara’s efforts to modernize its air fleet.
The delivery of F-35 fighter jets from the United States to Turkey will remain on “hold” by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID), despite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent claim that he made progress on getting the planes in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit last month.
“Threats… cannot be viewed, in my estimation, as discrete challenges. We’ve got to think about how all of them are aligning”.
Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday that India will be able to get the oil it needs, even if President Donald Trump imposes steep secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday warned Brazil, China, India, and other heavy buyers of Russian oil they could face stiff secondary sanctions if they keep doing business with Moscow.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” CNN host and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria stated that while he’s critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to the Ukraine-Russia war, “I give President Trump a lot of credit for getting the NATO countries, the
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte revealed in conversation with President Donald Trump on Monday that the Russian government sabotaged peace talks with Ukraine in May by sending a historian to meticulously document the history of Russia beginning in 1250.
The Kremlin insisted that its officials “need time” to offer a full response to President Donald Trump on Tuesday following the latter’s demand that Russia end its invasion of Ukraine in 50 days or face “secondary tariffs” on its trade partners.
President Donald Trump announced what NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called a “really big” agreement to ship weapons to Ukraine on Monday, and a threat to sanction countries that do business with Russia if dictator Vladimir Putin does not end his invasion in 50 days.
“I’m not done” with Putin, President Trump said as he praised the UK as a model NATO ally, linking mutual defence and trade preference.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker stated that the NATO weapons deal “is a great next step in finally ending this war, but, again, if Vladimir Putin wants to continue
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) said that the Ukraine weapons deal brokered between President Donald Trump and NATO is “a really smart move.” Host Greta Van Susteren asked,
On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) stated that the weapons purchase deal between the U.S. and NATO is a good move and that President Zelenskyy “talked about the willingness of Ukraine to pay for
Billions of dollars of military equipment including Patriot Missiles will be funded by the European members of NATO, President Trump said.
