Topline NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the “door is open” for Finland and Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after reaching an agreement with Turkey to lift its veto o...
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NATO Chief Stoltenberg Says Russia’s War In Ukraine Could Last Years
Topline NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday that Russia’s war in Ukraine could last for years, but he urged countries to continue providing support to Ukraine, even as the war drags on...
What Is Ukraine’s End Goal In Its War With Russia? Voices From The Battlefield.
Injured child after Russian shelling of Mariupol, Ukraine. February 27, 2022 Evgeny Maloletka It has been over 100 days since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The fight rages on, taki...
Russia Prepares To Cut Gas Supplies To Finland Days After NATO Application
Topline Finland will be cut off from Russian gas after it refused demands to pay in rubles, Finnish state-owned firm Gasum said on Friday, just days after the Nordic country formally set aside decades...
Turkey’s Erdogan Told Allies It Will Say ‘No’ To Finland And Sweden’s NATO Bids, In His Most Definitive Statement Yet
Topline Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkey will reject Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids, delivering a potential blow to the two countries’ applications for membership one d...
Turkey Blocks Start Of Talks On Finland And Sweden’s NATO Applications
Topline Turkey blocked an effort Wednesday to fast-track Finland and Sweden’s NATO applications, potentially preventing a swift accession to the alliance due to concerns from Turkish President Recep T...
Finland And Sweden Submit Applications To Join NATO
Topline Finland and Sweden officially submitted their applications to join NATO on Wednesday, head of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg confirmed, an expected move that the two historically neutral Nordic...
Putin ‘Calm And Cool’ After Learning Finland Will Apply To Join NATO, Finnish President Says
Topline Finland will apply for NATO membership, the country’s leaders confirmed Sunday, ending decades of neutrality in a move Russia has condemned as “wrong”—but Russian President Vladimir Putin seem...
Putin Warns Finland Over Joining NATO As Russia Cuts Off Electricity
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland on Saturday that abandoning military neutrality to join NATO would be “wrong,” as Russia halted electricity deliveries to Finland in apparent re...
Turkey Opposes Finland And Sweden Joining NATO, Erdogan Says
Topline Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his country opposes Finland and Sweden joining NATO, potentially blocking the two countries’ hopes for a quick accession into the alliance, a...
Europe Cheers As Finnish Leaders Back Joining NATO—As Russia Threatens Retaliation
Topline Finland’s president and prime minister on Thursday announced their support for the country to apply for NATO membership “without delay,” leading to a strong, celebratory show of support from E...
Finland’s President And Prime Minister Announce Official Support For Joining NATO
Topline Finland’s president and prime minister on Thursday officially announced that they are in favor of applying for NATO membership, setting the stage for an expansion of the U.S.-led alliance amid...
U.K. Strikes Security Pact With Sweden And Finland
Topline British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday the U.K. reached deals with Sweden and Finland as Sweden and Finland race to find new means of protection following Russia’s invasion of Ukr...
Defense Committee Calls It Best Option For Security
Topline The Finnish Parliament’s Defense Committee said on Tuesday joining NATO is the best option for the country’s national security, bringing the country’s highly anticipated decision a step closer...
U.S. Is In Danger Of Mission Creep In Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet with … [+] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (not pictured) in Kyiv on April 24. ASSOCIATED PRESS...
It Would Be Historically Ironic If Greek S-300s End Up In Ukraine
Ukraine is again calling on its Western allies, including Greece, to supply it with more Russian-built military hardware. Athens has considerable quantities of Russian equipment Ukraine is familiar wi...
NATO Could Provide ‘Arrangements’ For Sweden And Finland During Membership Process, Secretary-General Says
Topline NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Finland and Sweden could expect some arrangements and protection in the stages between the two countries applying for membership and ...
Wimbledon Ban On Russian And Belarusian Players Serves Points About Sports And Politics
The Order of Play board is pictured on the first day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at the The … [+] All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 28, 2021. (Photo by Glyn...
M-109 Self-Propelled Guns Will Help Ukraine Shift To Offense
Get ready to see M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers in Ukraine AFP via Getty Images Ahead of a presumed Ukraine visit by both the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense, a trickle of Western-stand...
Ukraine’s Shift To A New NATO Arsenal Is Unprecedented-And Inevitable
Ukraine will need 155mm guns—like this M777 artillery piece. ASSOCIATED PRESS Defending your country is hard enough. Managing to defend yourself while shifting from Russian-derived heavy weaponry to a...
Finland Joining NATO ‘Highly Likely’ And Hopefully ‘Swift,’ Finnish Minister Says
Topline Finland’s Minister for European Affairs said Friday Finland is “highly likely” to join NATO, days after the prime ministers of Finland and Sweden indicated they’re strongly considering joining...
Russian Attempts at Grey Zone Ops Against Finland May Guarantee the Expansion Of NATO
A Russian truck with a K-300P Bastion-Ps, coastal defense missile system of the sort reportedly … [+] moved to the Finnish border last weekend. Wikipedia – Ministry of Defence of the Russi...
Russia Will Deploy Nukes In The Baltics If Finland And Sweden Join NATO, Former President Medvedev Warns
Topline Former Russian President and close Putin-ally Dmitry Medvedev warned that Russia is prepared to deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltics in the event that Finland and Sweden join NATO, a threat w...
Here’s Why Finland And Sweden Might Join NATO — And Why It Matters
Topline The prime ministers of Sweden and Finland said at a press conference Wednesday they’re strongly considering joining NATO in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—a move that would ensure al...
Russian Forces ‘Fully Withdrawn’ From Northern Ukraine, U.K. Defense Ministry Says
Topline Russian forces have now “fully withdrawn” from northern Ukraine and at least some will be transferred to fight in the eastern Ukraine, the U.K.’s defense ministry said on Friday, as Moscow shi...
Why Putin Decided To Invade Ukraine And Why It Led To War Crimes
TOPSHOT – Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of … [+] Chuguiv. AFP via Getty Images Writing in this column on January 24th as the Russian ...
Why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark a NATO spending spree
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is unleashing a new era of military spending across Europe. Member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, such as Germany, have done an about-face on its ...
Russian Hackers Target NATO And Eastern European Militaries, Google Says
Topline Russian hackers accused of targeting U.S. and Ukrainian organizations have set their sights on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and multiple Eastern European countries, Google’s Threat A...
Why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark a NATO defense spending spree
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is unleashing a new era of military spending across Europe. Member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, such as Germany, have done an about-face on mili...