NATO members that border Russia are buying US-made HIMARS. One defense minister told BI that the war shows deep strike abilities are needed.

North Korea's renewed military support for Russia comes as US President Donald Trump has resumed military supplies to Ukraine, after a brief hiatus. Trump told NBC News on Thursday that he had made a deal with Nato for the US to send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine via the alliance, after a surge of Russian aerial attacks.

Russian authorities have confiscated assets worth some $50 billion over the past three years, underscoring the scale of the transformation into a "fortress Russia" economic model during the war in Ukraine,

Poland's scrambling of aircraft comes amid heightened tensions across the alliance's eastern flank over Russia's aggression. It follows another NATO member, Romania, announcing it would implement an Iron Dome defense system similar to that used by Israel.

A two-day NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania — which brought together leaders of the alliance’s 31 members states, including new member Finland, as well as Sweden and Ukraine — has closed.

Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in part, to prevent it from joining NATO. The war has so frightened Finland and Sweden that they are looking to join the military alliance.

But Russia has been weakened by the Ukraine war and is in no position to attack NATO, experts say. Instead, they say Putin wants to weaken and undermine NATO from within.

US President Donald Trump announced a major update in how the United States provides weapon support to Ukraine. NATO to Act as Middleman in Weapon Transfers This update comes in the context of Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia.