Brussels 01.12.2025 Today The Netherlands pledged to purchase U.S. arms for Ukraine worth 250 million euros ($290 million) under the Prioritized Requirements List (PURL). The PURL initiative, launched earlier this year, enables NATO allies to buy advanced U.S. weaponry for Ukraine in a gesture of support, and solidarity. The Dutch pledge is significant in the…
Category: defence
Russia offers to re-arm CSTO
Brussels 27.11.2025 Today Kyrgyzstan will host the annual Summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Bishkek, convening foreign ministers, defense ministers, and security council secretaries from member states. While often portrayed in Russian media as an Eurasian replica of NATO, the CSTO remains an organization heavily dependent on Russian military power. In case…
NATO: Finland €100M aid to Ukraine
Brusssels 18.11.2025 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte received the President of Finland Alexander Stubb at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. They discussed the complex of issues, related to the increasing of the defense spending by the NATO allies, and strengthening support for Ukraine. The meeting took place on Monday, November, 17, 2015. During the joint…
Europe: NATO scales down presence
Brussels 29.10.2025 Today the United States has informed the NATO allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere, Romania’s defense ministry said. The U.S. Army later confirmed the decision, but denied it was a sign of a reduced commitment to allies….
European common defence: 2030 Ready
Brussels 22.10.2025 The EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, European defence, recent developments in the Middle East, competitiveness, housing and migration. Building on previous European Council meetings, starting from the informal Egmont retreat on 3 February and the most recent informal meeting on 1 October in Copenhagen, the leaders will discuss the…
Ukraine: total 1.1M Russian casualties
Brussels 14.10.2025 Ahead of the Allied Defence Ministers meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 15 October 2025, the updated information on the situation at Ukrainian battlefields revealed the dramatic amount of casualties Russian troops are sustaining. We continue to see incremental Russian “games”, we assess that the collapse of the Ukrainian defence lines are…
NATO Defense ministers convene in Brussels
Brussels 13.10.2025 This week NATO Defence ministers, and the U.S. Secretary of War meet in Brussels. On October 15, Wed., they will discuss the spending targets, various aspects of aid for Ukraine, and air defense. This will be the first official meeting since the military alliance’s June Summit in The Hague. There the alliance committed…
NATO: Cyber Defence Conference
Brussels 09.10.2025 In a video address to NATO’s annual Cyber Defence Conference on Thursday, 9 October, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte emphasised the importance of NATO and Allies continuing to grow stronger in the digital world. The conference brings together Allied senior political and military officials and industry representatives in Tirana, Albania, on 9-10 October….
EU safeguarding security
02.10.2025 The EU leaders met for a one-day summit to discuss how to strengthen Europe’s common defence and support for Ukraine. The meeting today had one core theme: safeguarding the security of Europe. The leaders will return to both topics at the next European Council meeting on 23-24 October 2025. The meeting was chaired by…
NATO launches “Eastern Sentry”
Brussels 12.09.2025 Today NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) General Alexus G. Grynkewich held a joint press conference to outline NATO’s response to the violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones two days earlier. Mr. Rutte announced the launch of “Eastern Sentry,” a military activity aimed to bolster NATO’s posture…
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