Trump has pushed NATO members to spend at least 5 percent of their GDP on national defense. At a NATO summit in The Hague in June, most members agreed to a spending target of 5 percent of GDP — 3.5 percent on core military expenditure and 1.5 percent in defense-related areas such as military mobility by 2035.

A book by German political analyst Carlo Masala, "If Russia Wins," outlines how Moscow might make a grab for Estonia in 2028.

Following Russia's violations of NATO airspace and renewed strikes in Ukraine, NATO members weigh air defense options ahead of the defense ministers meeting.

Mysterious drone flights over European Union airspace have alarmed officials, with some incidents blamed on Russia testing NATO's response. Airports in Germany and Denmark faced closures, and Danish military sites were targeted.

Russia appears to have been deterred by NATO's firm response last month to incursions into Polish and Estonian airspace, but Moscow is expected to continue testing boundaries, the U.S. general serving as NATO's top commander said on Tuesday.

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles on Friday said the nation is “not worried” about removal from the NATO alliance, despite quips from President Trump about the country being the lowest

NATO allies are divided over whether the alliance should make it a policy to shoot down Russian jets that violate NATO’s airspace, with some countries including the US, Poland, and Baltic nations signaling that future violations should be met with force,

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest soon to discuss a way to end the war in Ukraine.

Amid rising Russian aerial incursions in Europe, Nato defence ministers are meeting today to discuss plans to shoot down intruding Russian aircraft and boosting the alliance’s air defences.

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said “firepower” is coming to Ukraine through European nations’ purchases of US weapons, but whether that includes American-made Tomahawk missiles is still not clear.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine following their meeting at the White House on2, 2025. Rutte emphasized how both leaders focused on stopping the killing and supporting Trump's vision for a ceasefire.