Europe cannot keep assuming the US will fund its defense, European leader warns

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A Ukrainian soldier walks with a firearm in the snow, with other soldiers and black smoke behind him
Ukrainian servicemen attend drills near the border with Russia in Sumy region, Ukraine, in January 2024.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

NATO navies can exploit a Russian fear and keep Putin from invading more neighbors

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The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 21, 2023.
The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 21, 2023.

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If Putin isn't stopped 'whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large,' Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė wearing a black coat lays a tribute at the bottom of a statue
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė pays tribute to victims of the Holodomor, Great Famine, which took place in the 1930s and killed millions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2022.

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Europe is investing in defense in ways that were 'unimaginable' before Russia invaded Ukraine, Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal visit the town of Borodianka in Ukraine's Kyiv region in April 2022.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal in the town of Borodianka in Ukraine's Kyiv region in April 2022.

Ukrainian Governmental Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Sweden is exactly what the West needs to counter Putin's underhand tactics

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Swedish troops from the Life Guards train at a military site in Kungsangen, Sweden.
Swedish troops from the Life Guards train at a military site in Kungsangen, Sweden.

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A longtime Russia ally suspended participation in Putin's NATO rival after calling it ineffective

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on November 23, 2022

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Marine Corps artists brave combat and harsh conditions to sketch troops in action

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US Marines Corps Maj. Michael Reynolds, a combat artist with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, illustrates Marines
US Marines Corps Maj. Michael Reynolds, a combat artist with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, illustrates Marines during cold weather training in preparation for the NATO exercise Nordic Response 2024 in Setermoen, Norway.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Kumakaw

A NATO country thought it could get by without tanks. It doesn't any more.

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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 a barracks in Germany in February 2023.

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Russia's military alliances are giving it a major edge — just as Ukraine's are faltering

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China's leader Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
China's leader Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).

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Russia is now in a better position for attacking elsewhere in Europe, defense official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures in a black coat beside men in camouflage
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists in October 2022.

Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

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