Finland, with its hundreds of years of fraught history with Russia, became a member of NATO little over a year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Sweden joined ...

Since the invasion of Ukraine prompted Helsinki to join NATO two years ago, tensions reminiscent of the Cold War have resurfaced along the forested 1,340-km (833-mile) frontier, Europe's longest ...

Parts of the plan were to split Russia's Western Military District—close to NATO's eastern flank—into two districts, Moscow and Leningrad, and to grow the size of the military. This came into ...

NATO knows this because Ukraine demonstrated it three years ago, early on in its defense against Russia's full-scale invasion. A Polish soldier is seen on a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket ...

But since Washington's shift under Trump towards partly accepting Russia's justifications for the war and disparaging Zelenskiy, the 32-member alliance no longer speaks with a single voice about ...

Currently, 22 of the alliance’s 32 member countries meet or exceed NATO’s spending benchmark of 2% of GDP. Rutte is pushing for members to boost spending to 3.5% and commit a further 1.5% to ...

President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.

Most of them are Geran-series drones — Russia’s homegrown version of the Iranian-designed long-range Shahed attack aircraft — some of which cost as little as $20,000 to build.

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (Reuters) -At a shooting range 10 miles from the Russian border, Finnish army reservist Janne Latto opened the trunk of his car and unpacked a small surveillance drone and ...