The Latest Breaking News from NATO

Recent incursions into NATO territory and manpower shortages faced by the Ukrainian armed forces have accelerated advances in drone technology. No longer just complementary to traditional warfare, they are a necessity on the frontline against Russia – and increasingly on Europe’s eastern flank.

Warning comes after head of Nato called Europe ‘Russia’s next target’ and said countries must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured’

Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte said Europe is already Russia’s next target and ‘we are already in harm’s way’

While Washington seems inclined to tilt towards Moscow, Germany is rearming and may soon have the strongest army in Europe.

You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s support for far-right nationalists. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up

The White House pushed back on claims that Washington was seeking to take nations including Italy and Hungary out of the EU

The European Union has handed Ukraine a list of reforms needed to join the bloc

Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, many European observers have been in a state of wilful denial. They have been hopeful that Trump 2.0 would be largely the same as his first administration where the rhetoric was worse than the reality.

Ukraine prepares to test the new Czech 'Narwhal' missile, capable of striking Moscow. Combat trials begin in 2026, raising fears of major escalation.