NATO focused on defense spending

Brussels 03.12.2025 The Alliance foreign ministers gathered in Brussels to advance the NATO Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List – initiative (PURL) and to continue directing states towards 5% defense-spending target agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump at The Hague Summit. đź”´ LIVE: Watch @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte’s press conference after the meeting of #NATO Foreign Ministershttps://t.co/xzEDrYJUat#ForMin —…

Dutch pledge €250M military purchase for Ukraine

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…

EU Defence ministers convene

Brussels 01.12.2025 Today the Foreign Affairs Council with Defence ministers takes place in Brussels chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas. This week could be pivotal for diplomacy. It is clear that Russia does not want peace, and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible….

Kazakhstan protests against Ukraine pipeline attack

Brussels 30.11.2025 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan protested another targeted attack on the critical infrastructure of the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the waters of the Novorossiysk seaport. A corresponding statement was published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website. (Image above: Astana, Kazakhstan). “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…

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…

EC proposes to expropriate Russian assets

Brussels 26.11.2025 The European Commission will soon submit legal proposals on the use and possible expropriation of Russian assets frozen in Brussels, despite the position of the Belgium Prime minister Bart de Wever. This was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “The European…

Ukraine: U.S. Peace plan – joint statement

Brussels 22.11.2025 This statement was adopted by President Costa, President von der Leyen, Prime Minister Carney, President Stubb, President Macron, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Martin, Prime Minister Meloni, Prime Minister Takaichi, Prime Minister Schoof, Prime Minister Støre, Prime Minister Sánchez and Prime Minister Starmer. The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, joined the statement. “We…

EU: Russian assets dilemma

Brussels 22.11.2025 The U.S. 28-point peace plan manifested a rival idea for using Russian assets for American-led reconstruction efforts once a truce has been agreed. The United States would take “50 percent” of the profit from this reconstruciton activity. The peace plan sufaced during an “extremely delicate stage”, diplomats said, as top officials try to…

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….