DefenceTalkCanada is considering sending reinforcements to eastern Europe because of the security situation, Defence Minister Anita Anand said during a visit to Latvia on Thursday. “We are examining options to reinforce in Eastern Europe as a whole,” Anand said. The minister visited the Adazi base where Canada head up a NATO battle group. Canada has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canada-mulling-reinforcements-to-eastern-europe-minister-77870/

DefenceTalkThe United States will move approximately 3,000 service members to Romania, Poland and Germany in response to Russia’s continuing build-up of forces on its western border with Ukraine and in Belarus, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today during a news conference. The move demonstrates America’s commitment to the defense of NATO allies, Kirby […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-to-deploy-3000-troops-to-romania-poland-germany-77820/

DefenceTalkPresident Joe Biden said Friday he will soon send a small number of US troops to bolster the NATO presence in Eastern Europe as tensions rise over Russia’s military buildup on the borders of Ukraine. “I’ll be moving troops to Eastern Europe and the NATO countries in the near term. Not too many,” Biden told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-nato-boost-eastern-european-deployments-77791/

DefenceTalkRussia sees no reason to hold a new round of security talks with the West in the coming days following a lack of progress during ongoing negotiations, a top diplomat said Thursday. “I do not see reasons to sit down in the coming days, to gather again and start the same discussions,” Deputy Foreign Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sees-no-point-in-further-west-talks-soon-lead-negotiator-77682/

DefenceTalkNATO foreign ministers will hold an emergency videoconference on Friday to discuss Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine, after a raft of demands from Moscow, the alliance said. Tensions have soared in recent months as the West has warned that the Kremlin could be planning a full-scale invasion of its neighbor after massing some 100,000 troops […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-foreign-ministers-to-hold-emergency-talks-on-ukraine-77612/

DefenceTalkThe United States will impose “severe economic harm” on Russia and boost its military presence in Eastern Europe should Moscow invade Ukraine, the White House warned Monday, laying out the high stakes on the eve of talks between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Ahead of his virtual meeting with Putin, Biden also spoke with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-vows-to-boost-military-presence-if-russia-attacks-ukraine-77554/

DefenceTalkThe Moroccan navy has rescued more than 400 migrants since Thursday, after their makeshift boats ran into trouble on the dangerous sea crossing to Europe, state media reported. The 438 migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, were given first aid before being taken to the nearest Moroccan port, an officer told the state-run MAP […]

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe EU will once again have a cooperative US partner when Joe Biden becomes president, but Europeans should harbour no illusions: Washington will be no globo-cop nor NATO’s big protector, leaders and analysts say. “Great day for US and Europe, we look forward to working together with new administration to rebuild our partnership,” the EU’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eu-must-learn-to-live-without-us-leadership-under-biden-say-analysts-76535/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkTen countries, including for the first time France and Norway, will meet NATO’s target of spending two percent of their output on defence this year, the alliance said Wednesday. European countries have been under intense pressure from an angry US President Donald Trump to share more of the burden in the world’s biggest defence alliance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ten-allies-meet-nato-target-for-defence-spending-76508/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkEurope and the United States need to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany’s point man on transatlantic ties told AFP. With just five weeks to go until the US election, the German government’s coordinator for relations with the United States and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-cold-war-with-china-demands-us-europe-united-front-germany-76408/