Defense
In talk of boosting EU defense, Brussels means business
Turkey holds firm against NATO bids by Finland and Sweden
Sweden, Finland submit applications to join NATO
Ukraine war pushes Brussels to break a taboo with joint arms spending plan
Finland and Sweden sign off on NATO bids — now the waiting game begins
Ukraine war brings NATO mission on eastern flank into sharp relief
War, disease and geopolitics: The von der Leyen Commission’s half-time scorecard
The head of the EU executive is pressing forward with her green and digital agenda despite massive upheavals. How well is she doing?
Ukraine evacuates troops from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia
‘Ukraine needs its heroes alive,’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
Putin says Russia has ‘no problems’ with Finland, Sweden in NATO
Comments ease off earlier Russian rhetoric about ‘far-reaching consequences.’
From worms to war: The unlikely beginnings of NATO’s next top general
As war in Ukraine rages, Gen. Christopher Cavoli has been nominated to become supreme allied commander for Europe.
Russia will not ‘put up with’ Finland, Sweden’s NATO bid, minister says
‘It is a pity that common sense is being sacrificed for some phantom ideas about what should be done in the current situation,’ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says.
Dramatic U-turns by Social Democrats in Sweden, Finland paved way to NATO
Russia’s Ukraine invasion prompted a swift rethink in parties that have resisted joining the defense alliance for decades.
NATO officials ‘confident’ on Swedish, Finnish membership bids despite Turkish reservations
Stoltenberg says Turkey ‘has made it clear’ it doesn’t intend to block applications by Sweden and Finland.
Suspended trains, empty roads, vacant malls: Silence blankets Finland’s border with Russia
For decades, Finland and Russia connected their two countries across a long border. In a matter of weeks, those connections were severed.
Besieged Ukrainian forces in Mariupol beg Elon Musk for help
Soldiers’ families describe ‘apocalyptic’ conditions at surrounded Azovstal steel plant.
Finnish leaders announce backing for NATO membership
Historic shift is response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and prepares path for application to join alliance.
Spain’s Sánchez is still fighting for political survival — even after peace offering
A spying scandal has engulfed the Spanish leader, who is trying to keep his leftist coalition together — just as the right rises in the polls.
Helicopter parent: German defense minister under attack over holiday flight
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht took her son on a government flight to a holiday retreat and he later put it on Instagram.
‘We are not as dumb as you might think’: Ukraine’s foreign minister rues US delay in providing weapons
In an exclusive interview, Dmytro Kuleba unloads on Western officials who he says spent weeks scouring Soviet stockpiles for old weapons — instead of giving Kyiv what it wanted.
Belgium’s De Croo: Europe needs to boost its defense industry
Buy European military tech, says Belgian leader.
Vladimir Putin must share ‘same fate’ as Nazis: UK defense minister
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace will speak at the National Army Museum in London on Monday.
Putin’s encroaching war is fueling a battle for Moldova’s future
As Russia threatens to expand its Ukraine war into Moldova, the traditionally neutral country turns West — not to everyone’s liking.
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Western allies diverge over Ukraine war aims
Pushing for negotiations, Western European leaders are at cross-purposes with Kyiv.