US EditionEuropean Leaders Warn of Russian Threat, Call for Increased Defense Spending
- European and NATO leaders warned of a Russian threat and called for increased defense spending ahead of the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague.
- This call came after an evaluation from Denmark’s defense intelligence agency indicating that Russia perceives the West as an adversary and is gearing up for potential conflict with NATO.
- Key details include Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz promoting a €500 billion constitutional amendment for defense over 12 years and Lithuania committing over 5% of GDP to defense from 2026 to 2030.
- Merz pledged €5 billion more in aid to Ukraine and stated, “we must prepare for war,” while Mark Rutte emphasized “pivoting towards a full warfighting readiness” to deter aggression.
- These developments underline NATO's intent to strengthen deterrence and collective defense amid fears that Ukraine's fall could trigger a broader conflict.
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NATO is asking European member states to increase the number of ground air defense forces to prepare for possible aggression from Russia.
In the midst of a climate of anti-Russian hysteria, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) issued an urgent appeal to European countries to quintuple their ground-based air defence forces and invoked an alleged threat of invasion by Moscow. READ ALSO: Will Putin and Trump fall into the NATO and Zelenski trap? This request, which is part of the need to fill a vacuum in response to the "threat of Russian aggression", will be a central topic…
NATO Secretary-General Rutte, in the face of the geopolitical confrontation with Russia, has called for significantly higher spending on defence by the allies.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, at a meeting of leaders of the alliance's Nordic and Eastern members in Lithuania, once again called for increased defense spending due to the ongoing geopolitical confrontation with Russia.
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