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The “first steps” towards the UK being drawn into a major defence pact with the European Union will be signed this week, a report claims.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot pledged his support for Ukraine’s plan for ending the 2 1/2-year war with Russia, telling reporters in Kyiv on Saturday that he will work with Ukrainian officials to secure other nations’ backing for the proposal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”

President Zelensky wants NATO to deploy a “comprehensive” deterrent so powerful it would prevent Russia from being able to fight any further. 

NATO will hold a long-planned major nuclear exercise next week, the alliance´s chief said Thursday.

Ukraine’s Zelensky embraced UK PM Sir Keir in a hug before hours-long talks on the ‘Victory Plan’ and military support in London on Thursday. 

Vice President Kamala Harris, in one of her first serious and unscripted interviews of the campaign, delivered an incoherent and rambling response when asked about what success looks like “in ending the war” in Ukraine.

New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday in his first official trip since taking office, pledging continued support.

The newly minted prime minister of Japan, Ishiba Shigeru, called the creation of an “Asian version of NATO” to contain China “essential” in recent remarks, Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday.

NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will seek European Union funding to build a network of bunkers, barriers, distribution lines and military warehouses along their borders with Russia and Belarus, Estonia´s officials said Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the Russian Army to add 180,000 more troops, which would bring its total to 1.5 million active-duty soldiers — the second largest army in the world after China.

The head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his government’s support for Ukraine’s “territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence” is “unwavering.”

Vice President Kamala Harris claimed at Tuesday’s debate that Russian president Vladamir Putin would “be sitting in Kyiv with his eyes on the rest of Europe” if former President Donald Trump had been commander-in-chief the past four years.

Vice President Kamala Harris claimed in the ABC presidential debate on Tuesday evening that world leaders are “laughing” at former President Donald Trump.

A Russian drone violated Romania’s airspace during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine, the NATO member claimed Sunday.

Ukraine was given approval Thursday to use its U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to strike deep inside Russian territory.

Poland’s budget for 2025 includes record military spending of $48.7 billion, officials said Wednesday, as the Ukraine war continues to ramp security concerns across Europe.

Former President Donald Trump vowed to “insist” that nations in the NATO alliance increase their spending on defense to three percent of GDP.

BERLIN (AP) – Security at a NATO air base in western Germany has been raised because of intelligence information pointing to a “potential threat,” and all staff not essential to missions have been sent home as a precaution, NATO said.

Czech President Petr Pavel said that attacking the partially German-owned Nord Stream pipelines would have been a “legitimate” target for Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan on Sunday for a two-day state visit, looking to bolster Russia’s relationship with the aggressive Islamist power even as relations with Armenia — Russia’s former best friend in the region — deteriorate.

Finger of blame pointed at Russia after two military bases had suspected incursion incidents, with drinking water apparently targeted. 

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Istanbul, Turkey, to support Hamas and denounce the killing of its leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

New globalist-left govt moves fast to bump country back towards the European sphere of influence in defence, signing a new deal with Germany.

Russia said Sunday it scrambled fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft that approached the Russian border.

China sent troops to Belarus for training for the first time, conducting an exercise called “Eagle Assault” near the Polish border.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov suggested that his country could pursue new nuclear weapons deployments.

The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles.

The parliament in Finland has approved a bill that would allow its border guards to turn back illegal migrants from Russia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he would oppose cooperation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Israel unless a “comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine.”

The Chinese government reacted with outrage on Thursday to the publication of this year’s NATO summit declaration, which explicitly referred to Beijing as a threat and suggested it could act in response to China’s close diplomatic relationship with Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday accused President Joe Biden of disrespecting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his “big boy” press conference after Thursday’s NATO summit and said the whole world was judging Biden based on his gaffes at the presser.

“Passing the torch is the best thing Biden can do to protect his climate legacy and ensure we keep building on it,” the left-wing Sunrise Movement said, starring as one of the latest to call on President Biden to step aside in the presidential race.

The world is “on fire” due to President Joe Biden’s weakness, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) exclusively told Breitbart News.

Mike Levin (CA) is the most recent House Democrat to demand President Joe Biden withdraw from the presidential election.