Yet the EU wants Ukraine to keep fighting, approving on Dec. 19 a $105 billion loan to Ukraine, a mistaken fear for all of Europe’s safety, the core motivator. As Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk put it: "Now we have a simple choice: either money today or blood tomorrow. And I'm not talking about Ukraine only, I'm talking about Europe.”

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has issued a sharp warning to European leaders, cautioning that attempts to build an independent EU defense system

Russia is just too powerful to fight and, as in Ukraine, will just grind it out. Besides, Mr Trump argues, European weakness practically invited this incursion in the first place. He calls for “peace” on social media,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte rejects calls for EU defence independence, insisting Europe’s security still depends on close cooperation with US

NATO members have less than 5% of the air defence capabilities it would need to protect Central and Eastern Europe, per the Financial Times.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way,” as leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new defense ...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko accused the European Union and NATO of deliberately creating conditions for a potential armed conflict with Russia, speaking in Moscow on Monday. Grushko said the West’s military build-up,

This report has been updated. TALLINN, Estonia—NATO will issue a joint declaration soon on continuing Russian air incursions, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said Monday, and Estonia hopes it will expand air patrols and other defense measures ...

EU/NATO states are weighing a blockade or port denial strategy in the Baltic to counter Russia’s hybrid warfare and dark fleet operations. Denial measures—insurance restrictions, STS policing, and port bans—could sharply raise Russia’s costs ...

EADaily, December 30th, 2025. The reaction of US President Donald Trump to the Kiev regime's attack on Vladimir Putin's residence is indicative. This was stated by the leader of the French right-wing party "Patriots" Florian Philippot.