Germany is undergoing a significant military rearmament. The change has been driven by the ongoing war in Ukraine and U.S. pressure on Europe to shoulder more of its defense.

MI6 chief to deliver remarks on Monday warning ‘chaos is a feature not a bug in the Russian approach’; European leaders to join day two of talks in Berlin. What we know on day 1,391

The chief of the defence staff, Sir Richard Knighton, will say Russia's war in Ukraine shows that Vladimir Putin's willingness to target his neighbours "threatens the whole of NATO, including the UK".

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte issued a stark warning to Western allies about the reality of the threat posed by Russia, as negotiations are making slow progress to end the war in Ukraine and the U.S. pressures Kyiv to make painful compromises with the Kremlin, including on territorial concessions.

The Kremlin said on Sunday that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's remarks about preparing for war with Russia were irresponsible and showed that he did not really understand the devastation wrought by World War Two.

Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, signalling an expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off Russian energy revenues funding its war.

The issue is that “nobody believes” giving Russia Ukrainian territory is a “true alternative” to create lasting peace, Bosak says.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the latest wave of attack are a clear indication that Moscow does not intend to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

President Donald Trump is claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “ hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

On December 9, 2025, Russia’s last operational Antonov An-22, the world’s largest turboprop aircraft, broke apart in mid-air over the Uvodskoye Reservoir near Ivankovo in the Ivanovo region, about 125 miles northeast of Moscow.