G7 ministers convene in Canada to discuss stalled Trump peace efforts, trade, and Russian escalation
Summit exposes rifts on Russia policy as Germany pledges €40 million for Ukraine's winter survival.
Browsing Tag
NATO defense spending
9 posts
Europe urgently searches $19 billion for Kyiv as America sends only drops of aid to Ukraine despite Russia’s terror escalation
Trump’s aid freeze pushes Kyiv toward financial ruin, with Brussels scrambling to stabilize the front.
Politico: Zelenskyy excluded from NATO leaders’ table in upcoming summit —Trump avoids spotlight on unresolved war
The US president does not want to emphasize the war that he has still been unable to end as he promised during the campaign.
Trump says US shouldn’t match NATO 5% defense spending he demands from allies
The US president cited decades of US financial support that he claims "covered almost 100% of the costs" for the military alliance and singled out Spain and Canada for low NATO defense contributions.
Europe needs just 0.2% of GDP to counter Russia’s Ukraine war spending
With this minuscule fraction of their economic might, European nations could match Russia's $135 billion war spending and potentially turn the tide of the conflict within two years, according to a new Tony Blair Institute report urging immediate action.
As US refuses to defend Europe, Russia’s military budget now bigger than Europe’s altogether
With the US scaling back NATO commitments, the IISS reports Russian defense spending has surged to $462 billion, surpassing Europe’s and leaving it vulnerable to the Kremlin’s growing military might.
Is this the hour of Europe again?
Europe's moment of truth arrives as US support crumbles, forcing EU leaders to confront their biggest security challenge since World War II.
FT: Estonia, Lithuania bordering Russia pledge 5% defense spending after Trump’s “constructive pressure”
"It is existential for us to have real war-fighting capabilities here,” said Lithuania's foreign minister Kęstutis Budrys.
“Latest cars and five-star hotels”: Polish defense minister links Ukrainian refugee wealth to public “war fatigue”
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz also defended Poland's refusal to provide Ukraine its remaining MiG-29 fighters, saying that in the early stages of the full-scale war Poland was sending tanks, "when others were only sending helmets."