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A U.S. Army soldier aims a handheld counter-drone device at a small quadcopter in a cloudy sky during training in Lithuania

Kyiv Apologises After Drone Crash Dents a Car in Northern Lithuania

A drone crashed in northern Lithuania on Sunday and debris dented a moving car, with no injuries reported. The head of Lithuania's crisis centre says it was most likely Ukrainian, Kyiv has

October 19, 2026

by Sam Bowman

A grey Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter taxiing on a runway beneath a clear sky, seen past the wing of another aircraft

Bomb Threat Sends Tel Aviv-Vienna Flight to Sofia Under Fighter Escort

Fifty-one passengers and six crew were taken off an Austrian Airlines jet in Sofia on Sunday after a bomb threat and a Bulgarian fighter escort, the Transport Ministry said. Ynet reports early signs of a false alarm, but nobody has

October 18, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

Wainwright Fire Was Known for Hours Before It Killed Four, Military Says

A commander says CFB Wainwright officials knew of a grass fire for several hours before a

Russian Embassy building in Stockholm Sweden targeted by drone attacks July 2026

Two Drones Target Russian Embassy in Stockholm, One Carrying Simulated Bomb

Two drones struck Russia's Stockholm embassy on Thursday: one dropped red paint, the other carried a simulated bomb. Moscow called it an attempt to intimidate its staff, the latest in more than

July 3, 2026

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico during EU diplomatic talks in 2026

Slovakia’s Fico Says the West Is Already at War With Russia, from Inside the EU

Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico, speaking as V4 president, named what Western governments have taken care not to: that paid mercenaries operating weapons systems in Ukraine place the Western world in a

July 2, 2026

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova speaking at a briefing on the Iran conflict June 2026

Russia Warns NATO’s Plans to Arm Ukraine Are ‘Recklessly Aggressive’

Russia's foreign ministry called NATO's plans to develop advanced weapons for Ukraine 'recklessly aggressive,' with spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warning that the enterprises building them could draw heavier Russian fire. The warning comes

June 30, 2026

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Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara

Trump Says He’d Skip NATO Summit Without Erdogan as Turkey Arrests 209

Donald Trump told Recep Tayyip Erdogan he would have skipped the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara were it not for his personal relationship with the Turkish leader, a disclosure that laid

June 26, 2026

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Vladimir Putin speaking at BRICS multilateral summit in Kazan Russia

Russia Warns West Is Militarizing Asia Pacific as Putin Heads to ASEAN Summit in Kazan

Russia's ambassador to ASEAN says the West is actively pumping weapons into Asia Pacific countries and building narrow military-political blocs, with Japan's rearmament raising particular alarm. The warning comes days before Vladimir

June 15, 2026

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Russian Iskander-M missile launcher during nuclear forces exercises in Belarus May 2026

Russia’s Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Now Serve as Formal Deterrent Against NATO, Ukraine, Moscow Declares

Russia's Foreign Ministry declared on Saturday that tactical nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus constitute a formal counterbalance to NATO and Ukraine — language that upgrades the nuclear posture from a military arrangement

June 14, 2026

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US warship NATO allied forces Europe military capability gap 2026

NATO Says US Jet Cuts Are Manageable. The Real Gaps Are Somewhere Else.

NATO sources say replacing the US fighter jets being pulled from Europe is not the hard part. Missile defense, aerial refueling, and space-based surveillance are where the alliance has no ready answer

June 14, 2026

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US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16 fighter jets in flight, the aircraft being cut from NATO's European posture

America Tells Europe to Spend More, Then Pulls a Third of Its Fighter Jets Off the Continent

The Pentagon will cut the fighter jets it commits to NATO in Europe from 150 to 100, pull every aerial tanker, and redeploy a carrier and a submarine, the New York Times

June 12, 2026

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John Healey, the UK defence secretary who resigned over Keir Starmer's defence spending plan, during a visit to Kyiv

Britain’s Defence Secretary Quits, Warning Starmer’s Budget Could Make the Country Less Safe

John Healey resigned with a letter accusing Starmer of funding defence at 2.68 percent of GDP against a 3.5 percent pledge, taking the armed forces minister with him, the sixth ministerial departure

June 12, 2026

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron at the EU Informal Summit in Belgium, February 2026

Merz Says More European Countries Will Join France-Germany Nuclear Deterrence Initiative

At the ILA Berlin Air Show on Wednesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that other European nations will join the France-Germany nuclear deterrence initiative — a signal that the continent's post-Cold War

June 10, 2026

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