- 18 November, 2024
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Germany discussing sending more troops to Lithuania – defence minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is considering deploying additional troops to Lithuania, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said, as tensions remained high over Russia's military build-up near Ukraine. In an interview with…
Analysis-ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State's leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden…
U.S. soldiers expected to land in Poland on Saturday -defence sources
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - The first main U.S. forces are expected to arrive in Poland on Saturday, defence sources told Reuters on Friday, in order to reinforce NATO's…
Poland receives US army equipment in effort to bolster eastern flank against Russia
By Alicja Ptak WARSAW - U.S. military equipment has begun to arrive in Poland, the Polish defence ministry said on Friday, to reinforce NATO's eastern flank as the West and…
EU has ‘robust’ Russia sanctions ready if needed over Ukraine – von der Leyen
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union has prepared a "robust and comprehensive" package of sanctions to unleash on Russia if it continues its aggression towards Ukraine, EU Commission President Ursula…
U.S. warns Russia may stage video as pretext to invade Ukraine
By Steve Holland, Dmitry Antonov and Pavel Polityuk WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) - Russia has formulated several options as an excuse to invade Ukraine, including the potential use of a propaganda video…
Factbox-NATO troops and possible reinforcements in Eastern Europe, Baltics
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States has announced plans to send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield NATO allies in Eastern Europe from a potential spillover…
Kremlin accuses U.S. of stoking tension with troop deployments
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused the United States on Thursday of ramping up tensions and ignoring Moscow's calls to ease a standoff over Ukraine, a day after Washington announced it…
Britain says Russia doesn’t need to be aggressive to play part on world stage
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia needs to understand that it does not need to be militarily aggressive or provocative in order to be a significant player on the world stage, British…
U.S. willing to discuss troop and missile limits with Russia – documents
MADRID (Reuters) - Washington is willing to discuss promising not to deploy ground-launched missiles or combat forces in Ukraine if Russia agrees to do the same, according to confidential documents…
Putin accuses U.S. of trying to lure Russia into war
By Natalia Zinets and Vladimir Soldatkin KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war and…
Canada, at NATO, says Russia has a choice between de-escalation and sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday that Canada was ready to join the West in imposing economic sanctions on Russia if Moscow sent troops into Ukraine,…
