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A launcher of a Patriot air defence system of the Ukrainian Air Forces is seen on the ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine August 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Europe

Trump promised Patriots for Ukraine. Now Europe has to provide them

Now comes the hard part — agreeing on who will actually give up their prized systems, including the Patriot missile batteries that Kyiv has been desperately seeking

An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 4, 2025. File Photo: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
World+Biz

US selling weapons to NATO allies for Ukraine support

A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex, after the US struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 22, 2025. Photo: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Iran calls NATO chief remarks on US strikes 'disgraceful'

US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

NATO allies agree on new defence spending target at 5%

Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo poses after talking to media at the G20 finance leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tita Barros/File Photo
Europe

Spain does not expect repercussions from not meeting NATO's 5% spending target

US President Donald Trump arrives at a dinner for NATO heads of state and governments hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Dutch Queen Maxima, on the sidelines of a NATO Summit, at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, Netherlands June 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville
World+Biz

NATO leaders set to back Trump defence spending goal at Hague summit

Members of German army Bundeswehr exercise during a presentation to German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius during his visit to the airborne brigade of German army Bundeswehr in Saarlouis, Germany, 17 September 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Germany to boost military by up to 60,000 troops under new NATO targets

A serviceman of the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun toward Russian positions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
Europe

Russia and Ukraine to talk about peace but are still far apart

FILE PHOTO: The logo of NATO is seen at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in the NATO defence ministers' session together with Sweden as the invitee, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Europe

America's next top general in Europe will also lead NATO forces: officials

Flags flutter as the NATO foreign ministers' meeting takes place at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Europe

NATO to ask Berlin for seven more brigades under new targets: sources

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a press conference, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Europe

Putin's demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement: sources

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Europe

Russia-backed group hacked into networks of police and NATO: Dutch authorities

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius speaks at the joint press conference on the day of the meeting of the European Group of Five Defence Ministers at the Italian Air Force Headquarters in Rome, Italy May 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Europe

German defence minister does not rule out return of military draft