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Lithuania has joined calls for higher military spending from NATO member states. "We must work together to convince our NATO partners to increase defence spending," said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda on Friday. The two presidents had attended a joint military exercise by the armed forces of both countries in the so-called "Suwalki Gap," a strategically important area on NATO's eastern flank. Duda recently proposed that NATO should oblige its members to spend at least 3% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence ...
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Following NATO's decision to further strengthen Ukraine's air defences, President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed reserved satisfaction. "We in Ukraine appreciate the efforts of every leader, every state that is really active, keeps its promises and tries to improve the capabilities of our air defence," Zelensky said on Friday evening in his daily video address, which was unusually brief. NATO allies are to give more air-defence systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday, after a crisis meeting via videolink with defence ministers and Zelensky. NATO has "mapped...
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Following NATO's decision to further strengthen Ukraine's air defences, President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed reserved satisfaction. "We in Ukraine appreciate the efforts of every leader, every state that is really active, keeps its promises and tries to improve the capabilities of our air defence," Zelensky said on Friday evening in his daily video address, which was unusually brief. Defence ministers from NATO states promised Ukraine the delivery of additional air-defence systems at a crisis meeting earlier Friday with Zelensky, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said following the...
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NATO allies are to give more air-defence systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday, after a crisis meeting via videolink with defence ministers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. NATO has "mapped out existing capabilities" from alliance countries that can be given to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said in a press conference after the meeting. The alliance secretary general also mentioned that "several allies made concrete commitments" to send further air-defence weapons for Ukraine. Stotlenberg declined to give further details about what "existing capabilities" ...
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NATO allies are to give more air-defence systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday, after a crisis meeting via videolink with defence ministers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. NATO has "mapped out existing capabilities" from alliance countries that can be given to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said in a press conference after the meeting. The alliance secretary general also mentioned that "several allies made concrete commitments" to send further air-defence weapons for Ukraine. Ukraine is concerned whether it can hold the front line against increased Russia...
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has described the start of a German brigade in Lithuania as a key step to improve the deployment capability of NATO forces and "an important day for the Bundeswehr." "This is the first time that we have permanently stationed such a unit outside Germany," Pistorius said on Monday in Berlin at a farewell ceremony for the preliminary command of the Lithuania brigade. Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas, who only took up the post last month, greeted the 21 German soldiers upon arrival at the Vilnius airport. Kasčiūnas called the deployment "very i...
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has described the start of a German brigade in Lithuania as a key step to improve the deployment capability of NATO forces and "an important day for the Bundeswehr." "This is the first time that we have permanently stationed such a unit outside Germany," Pistorius said on Monday in Berlin at a farewell ceremony for the preliminary command of the Lithuania brigade. The 20 or so personnel are to lay the groundwork for the deployment of hundreds and eventually thousands of soldiers in the NATO country, which borders Poland as well as Belarus and the Russian...
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has described the start of a German brigade in Lithuania as a key step to improve the deployment capability of NATO forces and "an important day for the Bundeswehr." "This is the first time that we have permanently stationed such a unit outside Germany," Pistorius said on Monday in Berlin at a farewell ceremony for the preliminary command of the Lithuania brigade. The 20 or so personnel are to lay the groundwork for the deployment of hundreds and eventually thousands of soldiers in the NATO country, which borders Poland as well as Belarus and the Russian...
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NATO marked the 75th anniversary of its founding with a ceremony in Brussels on Thursday amid a heightened Russian threat and lingering questions over the alliance's future. After laying a wreath in memory of military personnel of NATO countries killed in service, the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the United States and Europe need one another for their own security. "Europe needs America for its security," Stoltenberg said. "At the same time, North America also needs Europe. European allies provide world-class militaries, vast intelligence networks, and unique diplomatic l...
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The Russian government once again criticized NATO as the Western defence alliance celebrated its 75th anniversary, saying the United States is behind it and is using it as an "instrument of confrontation, especially on the European continent." NATO's activities currently promote neither security nor stability in Europe, "but on the contrary are a destabilizing factor," long-time Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, according to the state-controlled Interfax agency. "NATO was planned, configured, created and directed by the US as an instrument of confrontation," especially in Europ...
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