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Soldiers from Belgium and Luxembourg line up as they prepare to board a military transport plane at Melsbroek Military Airport in Melsbroek, Belgium, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

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Europe's military personnel shortfalls exposed as Trump warns US security priorities lie elsewhere
By LORNE COOK - Associated Press
Thu,03/13/25-11:21PM , 59 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — In the year after Russia launched outright war on Ukraine, NATO leaders approved a set of military plans designed to repel an invasion of Europe. It was the biggest shake-up of the alliance’s defense readiness preparations since the Cold War.
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United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center, and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe must be in peace talks as Trump touts Putin meeting
By LORNE COOK - Associated Press
Thu,02/13/25-1:58AM , 62 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — Several NATO allies stressed on Thursday that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace negotiations as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the United States is betraying the war-ravaged country.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrives at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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NATO chief says Russian victory over Ukraine would have a costly impact on alliance's credibility
By LORNE COOK - Associated Press
Thu,01/23/25-2:28AM , 157 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and that its credibility could cost trillions to restore.
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President Joe Biden hosts an event with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and other world leaders launching a Joint Declaration of Support for Ukrainian Recovery and Reconstruction, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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As the Ukraine war enters a critical period, the EU moves ahead without the US
By LORNE COOK - Associated Press
Fri,09/27/24-1:17AM , 75 Reads
BRUSSELS (AP) — As the war in Ukraine enters a critical period, the European Union has decided it must take responsibility for what it sees as a security threat in its own neighborhood, and it's preparing to tackle some of the financial burden, perhaps even without the United States.
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