NATO
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Vladimir Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson was his first one-on-one interview with a Western journalist since Russian launched its invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to Sky News this morning, Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner Bill Browder said the interview was “a Putin idea”. He said the Russian leader was at an “important crossroads right now” as…
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Hungarian opposition parties have submitted a motion calling for an extraordinary session of parliament to ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO on 5 February. Hungary is the only country in the 31-member Atlantic alliance yet to ratify Sweden’s application. Turkey completed its approval last week, some 20 months after Stockholm applied to join NATO following…
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Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defence ministry officials to embezzle more than £31m earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells, the Ukrainian security service has said. The SBU said five people have been charged and if found guilty, they could face up to 12 years in prison. The investigation comes as Kyiv attempts…
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America is reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK in response to the growing threat from Russia. They would be kept at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk under the proposals – which are detailed in The Telegraph. It says Pentagon documents reveal contracts for a new facility and “show the US intends to place…
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The outgoing year 2023 remained hectic for the 31-nation military alliance, with a focus on strengthening defense and deterrence to support Ukraine against Russia, and it expanded for the ninth time by accepting Finland as its 31st member. The alliance entered 2023 with Ukraine on its agenda after leaving behind the tense year in relations…
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Foreign Secretary David Cameron says the relationship between the UK and US has “never been more important”. He says it is “important we go on funding Ukraine” and helping the country “in every way we can”. “I see it as the challenge of our generation,” he says. “Just as my grandfather’s generation had to fight…
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the Israel-Palestine conflict “must not escalate into a major regional conflict.” “We must not give up working for a lasting, political peace solution,” he said at the 75th Nordic Council session in Oslo, Norway. Stoltenberg said deep cooperation among Nordic countries after years of enmity demonstrates “that…
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The deepening relationship between Russia and Hungary is causing ‘security concerns, the US ambassador to Budapest told RFE/RL The ambassadors to Hungary of NATO countries have held an unscheduled meeting amid concerns about a recent encounter between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Beijing, the US state-run media outlet Radio…
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Berlin has scrapped plans to legally commit the German government to meeting NATO’s 2% military spending target on an annual basis. A government source told the Reuters news agency that the clause had been in a draft budget law passed by Olaf Scholz’s cabinet earlier today, but was deleted at short notice. In 2006, defence…
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In his latest column for the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson has criticised NATO for not giving Ukraine clear guidance on when they can join the alliance. The former prime minister said Kyiv had done more than enough to demonstrate its fitness for NATO membership and that “no country is in greater need of NATO membership”.…
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The Russian foreign minister on Tuesday said Moscow knows the steps to be taken to ensure its security in response to Finland and Sweden joining NATO. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov said the countermeasures will depend on the kind of military infrastructure deployed in these countries. “I assure you that all…
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The NATO chief on Tuesday said Ukraine will receive a membership invitation when allies agree and conditions are met. Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks came after a North Atlantic Council meeting, which kicked off the two-day NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. “We will issue an invitation for Ukraine to join NATO when allies agree and…
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Deliveries of French lethal weapons to Armenia are contrary to NATO’s interests – British journalist
Deliveries of French lethal weapons to Armenia are contrary to the interests of NATO. The last time Armenia received weapons from France was after the visit of Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan to Paris in September 2022. Besides, France is expected to supply Armenia with Mistral air defense systems, among other modern weapons. “In my…
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Any attempt by China to forcefully change the status quo with Taiwan would hit “quite literally every country on earth,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned in an interview with Euronews in which he also made clear his country does not seek a direct confrontation with Beijing. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province and has…
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is Saturday expected to tell a major security forum in Germany that allies must provide Ukraine what it needs to defeat Russia, as Kyiv pleads for more weapons. “We must give Ukraine what they need to win and prevail as a sovereign, independent nation in Europe,” he will tell the…
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Finland still wants to join NATO together with Sweden despite Turkey’s objections to its neighbor’s membership bid, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Saturday. “We have sent a very clear signal and a very clear message to Turkey and also to Hungary… that we want enter NATO together and this is in the interest…
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