"The U.S. absolutely expects European countries to do more," General Sir Roly Walker, the head of the British Army, said on Wednesday.

President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia, according to three Russian sources with knowledge of the negotiations.

The alliance's Capability Targets 2025, to be formally set at a summit in June, will significantly increase the requirements compared to previous goals.

Poland's military said that all procedures had been activated to ensure the safety of the country's airspace following a Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine.

NATO proposed including expenditures on cybersecurity and activities related to border and coastal security to qualify for the military alliance’s new defense-related spending target of 1.5% of GDP.

Representatives from NATO-aligned countries are wrapping up a gathering in Ohio to mark the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the Bosnian war 30 years ago

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that he expects alliance members to agree during next month's summit to a defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product.

But two things could leave the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, presiding over a more difficult event: President Trump, who is expected to attend, is at odds with allies over Ukraine’s future. And Ukraine itself wants to join NATO, an outcome Mr. Trump opposes.

The alliance is dramatically increasing its military capability targets as it views Russia as a much greater threat since its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Basat Ozturk, the director-general for international security at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, has been appointed as Türkiye’s permanent representative to NATO, according to a presidential decree on Thursday. The decree, signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was published in the Official Gazette.