Nato countries, with the exception of Spain, agreed in June to increase defence spending by 2035 to 5 per cent of GDP a year, 1.5 per cent of which can be spent on infrastructure. In Germany, defence officials are lobbying to ensure that vital routes are prioritised as part of a €500bn plan to upgrade roads, bridges and railways.

Military.com has exclusively learned that a white paper on U.S. aircraft in association with NATO allies is moving through the Pentagon for Secretary Hegseth's final approval.

Some of America's closest European allies say they're already in a gray zone between peace and war with Russia.

(Reuters) -Slovakia wants NATO to boost air defences in the country, on its eastern flank, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said after a meeting with the military alliance's chief. Fico, in talks in Bratislava with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte,

Professor Michael Clarke has been answering your Ukraine war questions - scroll down for the best of his answers or watch back in the video below.

The Polish government said it believes that Russian secret services are behind the bombing of a major railway line in the NATO country, in what Prime Minister Donald Tusk described as an “unprecedented act of sabotage".

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces dramatically escalated their shadow war against NATO on Wednesday, with the U.K. warning “military options” were on the table after a spy ship blinded air force pilots with lasers.

Germany should take over the historically American role of Nato Europe commander, Donald Trump ’s envoy to the Western alliance has suggested. Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to Nato, said he hoped Germany would one day volunteer for the prestigious role of Supreme Allied Commander Europe (Saceur).