NATO
Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday, its flag unfurling outside the military bloc’s Brussels headquarters, in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of “counter-measures”. Finland’s accession roughly doubles the length of the border that NATO shares with Russia and bolsters its eastern flank as […]
United States President Joe Biden says preliminary information suggests that the missile that hit Poland was “unlikely” to have been fired by Russia. On Tuesday, a missile killed two people at Przewodów, a Polish village near the border with Ukraine. Since February, there have been military attacks between Russia and Ukraine after the former […]
European Union to give fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine membership bid The European Commission will meet Friday to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine’s bid for European Union candidacy, which would be a step closer to membership for the country a day after the bloc’s most powerful leaders visited Kyiv as it continues to […]
Vladimir Putin has signalled Russia will tolerate Finland and Sweden joining NATO, but warned the Kremlin would respond if the alliance installed military bases or equipment in either country. The Russian president said on Monday the proposed NATO enlargement posed “no direct threat for Russia”, adding he had “no problems” with either Finland […]
Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its coast on Thursday, officials and media said, after President Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a special military operation in the east. Shortly after Putin spoke in a televised address on Russian state TV, explosions could be heard in the […]
The last soldiers of German mission in Afghanistan have left, ending 20 years of the country’s military involvement in Afghanistan. The final contingent of troops were flown out from the field camp in Mazar-i-Sharif in the north of the country and will arrive the Wunstorf air base in Lower Saxony later on Wednesday. Defence […]
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