The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.

NATO allies are facing an intensified threat from Russia, Mark Rutte said.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday rebuffed  a proposal to almost double the defence budget, seeking to position himself as a voice of moderation ahead of snap polls next month.

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea that the effort would be dubbed Baltic Sentry.

The 32 NATO allies will likely decide to increase the defence spending benchmark from the current 2% of GDP during a summit in The Hague in June. #EuropeNews

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday rebuffed a proposal ... avoid being drawn directly into the conflict. NATO chief Mark Rutte has called for members to "turbo-charge" their defence ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that ... including “remotely operated vehicles” and drones. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in separate remarks to reporters ...

Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Baltic Sentry will include frigates and maritime patrol aircraft, as well as a small fleet of naval drones.

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Poland's Prime Minister Olaf Tusk pose for a photo ...

NATO launched 'Baltic Sentry', a new naval mission to prevent attacks on cable infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. The alliance says Russia is to blame for recent incidents, but can increased NATO patrols make a difference?

US President-elect Donald Trump wants members of the NATO military alliance to devote five percent of their national output to defence, a demand that has already been rejected as too high by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

US President-elect Donald Trump, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be among 60 top political leaders from across the world, including Germany, Switzerland, South Africa and Israel,