- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securitynato
Spain will send four fighter jets and 130 troops to Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) - Spain will send four warplanes and 130 troops to Bulgaria this week for air policing tasks amid tensions over the Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border,…
UK PM to visit Poland, NATO chief amid Ukraine crisis
WARSAW (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Poland and NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday amid tensions over the security situation in Ukraine. Johnson will visit British soldiers…
Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid…
First U.S. troops arrive in Romania to bolster eastern flank against Russia
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The first U.S. troops reinforcing NATO allies on the eastern flank following a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border have arrived in Romania, Defence Minister Vasile Dincu…
Putin says some of Macron’s ideas could form basis to move forward
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin described Monday's talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Kremlin as useful, substantive and business-like, and said that some of Macron's ideas…
Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust
By Michel Rose and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told…
Germany to send up to 350 more troops to Lithuania
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will send up to 350 more troops to Lithuania, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Monday, reinforcing a German-led NATO combat unit deployed there to deter a…
NATO considers bolstering allies if Russian troops stay in Belarus
VILNIUS (Reuters) -NATO is looking to increase its military presence in the Baltic states and Poland in case Russia keeps its troops in Belarus after a planned military exercise, the…
Russia links U.S. nuclear arms talks to security demands – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The fate of nuclear arms controls talks between Russia and the United States will to a large extent depend on how the negotiations on Moscow's security demands…
Russian attack on Ukraine possible ‘any day’ but diplomacy still an option -White House
By Susan Heavey and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin could order an attack on Ukraine within days or weeks, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan…
France’s Macron speaks with U.S. President Biden ahead of his trip to Moscow
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron spoke again on Sunday with U.S. President Joe Biden in a "coordination logic" ahead of his trip to Moscow on Monday, the French Presidency…
Russian forces at 70% of level needed for full Ukraine invasion – U.S. officials
By Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
