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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands prior to their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

NATO’s secretary-general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss battlefield and ammunition needs in Ukraine

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

In this satellite photo provided by Planet Labs, smoke billows from a headquarters building for the Russian Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, after it was struck in a missile attack launched by the Ukrainian military. (Planet Labs via AP)

Russia accuses Ukraine’s Western allies of helping attack its Black Sea Fleet headquarters

By Illia Novikov - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, talks to Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Adm. Rob Bauer during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) ** FILE **

NATO’s senior officer to remain on the job for another six months

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

North Korean arms for Russia probably wouldn’t make a big difference in the Ukraine war, Milley says

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. McCarthy says he's directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Retired U.S. generals to McCarthy: Don’t give up on Ukraine aid

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Swedish soldiers from Skaraborg's Swedish regiments take part in a training exercise as part of the preparations for Aurora 17 field exercise, in Skovde, Sweden, on Sept. 14, 2017. The Swedish government said Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, it wants to increase its defense budget by 28%, putting it on track to reach the spending target of 2% of gross domestic product set by the NATO alliance, which the Scandinavian country is preparing to join. (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/TT News Agency via AP, File)

On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden seeks to boost its defense spending by 28%

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U.S. troops load equipment onto vehicles in Rzeszow, Poland, on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ** FILE **

Poland embraces neighborly role in war against Russia; small airport grows into logistics hub

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image released by the Romanian Defense Ministry, Defense Minister Angel Tilvar, left, speaks to a local resident in a Danube Delta village close to the Ukrainian border, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Romania's defense minister said Wednesday that pieces apparently of a drone from Russia's recent attacks on Ukraine's port on the Danube River have been found on the territory of his country. Romania is a NATO member. (Romanian Defense Ministry via AP)

NATO member Romania says it has found drone pieces from Russian attacks in Ukraine on its territory

By Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda - Associated Press

Illustration on the need for U.S. clarity on Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s stance on Ukraine should be clear

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Polish soldiers begin laying a razor wire barrier along Poland's border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in Wisztyniec, Poland, Wednesday Nov. 2, 2022. Poland's interior minister says a state-of-the-art electronic barrier is being built on land border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, which is also European Union frontier, to monitor and counteract any illegal activity. Minister Mariusz Kaminski said Tuesday, April 18, 2023 earthwork has begun for the barrier that will be equipped in 24-hour monitoring cameras and motion detectors. (AP Photo/Michal Kosc, File)

Russian ‘hybrid’ war threatens NATO’s eastern flank, Poles warn

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, greets Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during a state visit at the Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. At a joint news conference de Sousa vowed continuing support for Ukraine's struggle against Russia's invasion, while Duda said Poland is watching Russia's transfer of some nuclear weapons into neighbouring Belarus. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland’s leader says Russia’s moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, shifting regional security

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President Joe Biden, left, talks with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, ahead of a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023. Biden aims to further tighten security and economic ties between Japan and South Korea, two nations that have struggled to stay on speaking terms, as he welcomes their leaders to the rustic Camp David presidential retreat Friday, Aug. 18. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

No ‘NEATO’ likely, but Biden hopes to use summit to bind East Asian allies

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

FILE - A Polish border guard patrols the area of a built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, on June 30, 2022. NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)

Belarus begins military drills near its border with Poland and Lithuania as tensions heighten

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Illustration on Canada's lack of support for NATO funding by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Canada’s free riding on NATO: America needs to pick a lane

By Brian Lee Crowley

A military truck drives up the hill in Baranowo, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The Suwalki gap, which stretches about 100 kilometres along the Lithuanian-Polish border and lies sandwiched between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has long been regarded as a vulnerable point in Nato's defences, if a conflict breaks out with Russia. NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO’s eastern flank

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk prior to the Supreme State Council of the Union State Russia-Belarus meeting in Moscow, Russia, April 6, 2023. Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in Central and Eastern Europe. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin’s declared deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus ramps up saber-rattling

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Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023. NATO said Wednesday July 26, 2023, it was stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s exit from a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)

NATO will step up security in Black Sea region after Russia declares parts are unsafe for shipping

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Illustration on NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Renewing NATO: Peace requires deterrence, which requires military might

By Clifford D. May

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Partner Nations at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. NATO leaders prepared to provide Ukraine with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership as the alliance's summit draws to a close on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

South Korea to expand support for Ukraine as President Yoon Suk Yeol makes a surprise visit

By Felipe Dana and Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Left to right, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Partner Nations at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)

China and Russia feel blowback as NATO embraces Asia-Pacific allies

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times