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Polish 6th Airborne Brigade conducts an air insertion at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, June 10, 2020.
A Finnish officer described the mission to jump out of airplanes via parachute and then form up to seize an airfield as "extremely difficult."

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NATO's 'Trump whisperer' chief has a clear message for the president-elect: Europe knows it must spend more on arms

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk during their meeting in Warsaw, Poland.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

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I moved from the Bay Area to Poland and love it. Living in Europe immediately relieved my stress.

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Agata Pona often went without health insurance and worked while sick living in the US, but she has more affordable insurance and longer sick days in Poland.

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4 NATO countries are calling for a defense line along Europe's 700-mile border with Russia and Belarus

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Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia
Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia on June 18, 2024.

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Image shows a 7-layer defensive line planned for the border between NATO and Russia

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A diagram from Poland's Ministry of National Defence that shows planned border defenses. Arrows point to a border fence, razor wire, an anti-tank ditch and other defenses.
A diagram from Poland's Ministry of National Defence that shows planned border defenses.

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Polish official claims the US told Russia it would strike Russian targets in Ukraine if Putin used nuclear weapons

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Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski attends a news conference in Warsaw August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Przemek Wierzchowski/Agencja Gazeta
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

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Baltic officials said they could send troops to Ukraine without waiting for NATO if Russia scores a breakthrough: report

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Lithuanian soldiers march during a military parade on Armed Forces Day 2023 in Vilnius.
Lithuanian soldiers march during a military parade on Armed Forces Day 2023 in Vilnius.

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Poland activates its air force after a Russian cruise missile violated its airspace during a huge attack on Ukraine

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An explosion of a missile is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine March 24, 2024.
An explosion of a missile is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine March 24, 2024.

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2 NATO powerhouses are creating an armored-vehicle coalition to support Ukraine

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A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
A Leopard 2 tank at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, in February 2023.

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Elon Musk visits Auschwitz two months after uproar over antisemitic messages on X

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Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk lights a candle as he visits the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German death camp in Oswiecim, Poland.
Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk lights a candle as he visits the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German death camp in Oswiecim, Poland.

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