Reuters Russia s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Moscow and its allies now controlled all of Ukraine s Luhansk region after capturing the last major city Lysychansk There was no immediate response from Ukraine on the Russian claim which if confirmed

   MADRID Reuters NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia s invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality NATO s allies took the decision at

   WASHINGTON Reuters The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface to air missile systems four additional counter artillery radars and up to rounds of mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine the Pentagon said on Friday The assistance

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   Reuters As Russia s military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia s defense industry with sanctions The latest round came on Tuesday when the United States issued new sanctions on some arms makers and

   BUDAPEST Reuters Hungary will speed up its defence development programme Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday We must radically increase our defence capabilities Orban said He reiterated that Hungary s interest was for the war in neighbouring Ukraine to end as soon as

   LONDON Reuters Russia said on Thursday it had summoned the British ambassador to voice a strong protest against offensive British statements including about alleged Russian threats to use nuclear weapons The Russian Foreign Ministry said it issued the rebuke to Ambassador Deborah Bronnert

   KYIV Reuters The number of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine has more than doubled in the last two weeks and a Ukrainian brigadier general said on Thursday that Moscow was using inaccurate Soviet era missiles for more than half of the attacks Russia which invaded Ukraine on Feb denies

   MADRID Reuters President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States will provide another million in weapons and military aid to Ukraine hailing the courage of Ukrainians since Russia invaded in February Speaking after a NATO summit that saw the alliance also agree to take in Finland and

   MADRID Reuters U S President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would not directly press Saudi Arabia to increase oil output to curb soaring crude prices when he sees the Saudi king and crown prince during a visit next month Biden also said at a news conference in Spain that Americans will have to

   SEOUL Reuters North Korea said the United States is taking advantage of its COVID outbreak by offering humanitarian aid with political purposes North Korea s foreign ministry said in an article published on Thursday that the United States offer was a plot to water down international

   ATHENS Reuters Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of Lockheed Martin made F fighter jets the country s prime minister said on Thursday NATO member Greece spends more than of its gross domestic product on defence spending It has beefed up its

   MADRID Reuters NATO leaders have agreed to put over troops on high alert from mid up from currently to counter Russia the country designated by the alliance as posing the greatest threat over the next decade Here are details of the current force posture and the plans

   SEOUL Reuters South Korea s president warned a NATO summit of the threat to universal values at a time of new conflict and competition a reference to Russia s aggression in Ukraine and China s engagement with Russia a South Korean official said President Yoon Suk yeol became the first South

   MADRID Reuters The leaders of the United States South Korea and Japan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over North Korea s missile tests and said they would cooperate more closely to address the threat posed by Pyongyang U S President Joe Biden Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and

   MADRID KYIV Reuters NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest direct threat to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv s beleaguered armed forces saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians heroic defence of their country At a summit dominated by

   LONDON Reuters Hundreds of Ukrainian troops have completed military training in Britain including on the Multiple Launch Rocket Systems MLRS the British government is supplying to help counter Russian artillery tactics Media were invited to film Ukrainian troops loading and firing mm

   MADRID Reuters U S President Joe Biden pledged more American troops warplanes and warships for Europe on Wednesday as NATO agreed the biggest strengthening of its deterrents since the Cold War in response to Russia s invasion of Ukraine Biden s commitment at the Madrid summit to defend every

   MADRID Reuters NATO agreed on Wednesday to put over troops at high readiness from up from previously a new military line up designed to better counter Russia the country the alliance has designated as posing the greatest threat The move replaces the NATO Response Force

   MADRID Reuters The Biden administration threw its support on Wednesday behind the potential sale of U S F fighter jets to Turkey a day after Ankara lifted a veto of NATO membership for Finland and Sweden Celeste Wallander Assistant Secretary for Defense for International Security Affairs