Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. - Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” ...

Summary: Formed in 1949 to counter Soviet expansion, NATO aimed to prevent Western Europe’s military overrun, focusing on maintaining air superiority, open sea communication lines to North ...

Defence ministers from Poland, France, Italy, and Germany met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss military aid to Ukraine and security in Europe. The meeting of the defence ministers from the EU's ...

So, for example, rather than hurriedly admitting former Warsaw Pact and Soviet states into NATO as they desperately wanted, the U.S. invented a “Partnership for Peace” as an intermediate step ...

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As a key NATO member, Warsaw has been a strong voice for Kyiv and NATO’s future on the Eastern flank. It is one of Ukraine’s key allies in defence and humanitarian aid, not least as its ...

The U.K. and Poland are working on a defense treaty that will cover everything from fending off Russia to tackling illegal immigration and safeguarding energy supplies, Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

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Nato warplanes were scrambled overnight because of a major Russian ... skies as Russian strikes targeted areas of western Ukraine close to the Polish border, Warsaw’s military said on Wednesday ...

Poland puts its air defence systems on the ‘highest state of readiness’ in response to Moscow’s missile strikes close to its border Nato warplanes ... Polish border, Warsaw’s military ...

Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart this week for the signing of a broad partnership pact between Moscow ... Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Warsaw today, the Polish prime minister ...