#Belgium 🇧🇪 launches probe into suspected Russian interference in the upcoming EU elections. PM ⁦Alexander De Croo 🇧🇪🇪🇺⁩ said the aim was to elect pro-Russian MEPs & to undermine European support for #Ukraine 🇺🇦

via ⁦The Associated Press⁩ apnews.com/article/eu-ele…

It's been a year since Finland 🇫🇮 joined NATO. #Finland brought strong defensive capabilities, extensive expertise, & innovative technological partnerships to the Alliance.
📺 Watch the full video on the impact of 🇫🇮 on NATO: youtube.com/watch?v=Nn7ojL…
#WeAreNATO

Fully agree with Anna Wieslander at this excellent panel expertly moderated by Alec Russell 🔽

Glad to welcome President Alexander Stubb and congratulate him on his appointment & #Finland ’s first #NATO anniversary. We discussed the urgent need to provide support to #Ukraine , now and for the long haul.

RUSI European Security Advisory Group on tour DEF with Anna Wieslander Oana Lungescu Peter Jones Jonathan Eyal David Lidington

We could risk a Titanic moment if either Europe or the US try going alone, Europe is on a dangerous journey, says Oana Lungescu at a terrific panel on European security at DEF RUSI Jonathan Eyal Ed Arnold

Great to be at the #DelphiForum with team RUSI. A beautiful place to discuss very serious topics: defending Europe, supporting #Ukraine and what more both #NATO & the #EU need to do urgently.
David Lidington Jonathan Eyal Ed Arnold

We are grateful to all partners but what we have isn’t sufficient if we want to prevail against Putin & not have world war 3, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський tells the Delphi Economic Forum, calling on #Ukraine ’s friends to deliver more air defence & artillery. Delays mean lives, he warns

'Victory against Russia is perfectly possible' provided Western unity remains. 'Putin's bet must fail ' Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський tells the Delphi Economic Forum

🚨RUSI's David Lidington, Oana Lungescu, Jonathan Eyal and Ed Arnold will be speaking today at the Delphi Economic Forum (@delphi_forum) (14:40 EEST) on European defence and the aftermath of the Ukraine war. Find out more below! #DelphiForum
def-ix.delphiforum.gr/agenda

#NATO allies need to go beyond 2 %
of GDP to counterbalance the rapidly modernising militaries of Russia & China. More is urgently needed to fill existing gaps, I told Bloomberg Bloomberg. Read the full piece here 🔽
Via Natalia Drozdiak

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Blue 💙

#bluebell #forest #Brussels

For NATO collective defense to work, we have to walk the talk.

Lithuania& Germany are doing just that by jointly working on the deployment of 🇩🇪 brigade to 🇱🇹.

Today, the first team of 🇩🇪 contingent is arriving to 🇱🇹.
The agreement I made with Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz is coming to life.

Sea Shield 24, one of the most complex multinational exercise led by the Romanian Naval Forces starts today!

12 NATO Allies & partners 🇧🇬🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇬🇧🇳🇱🇵🇱🇵🇹🇹🇷🇺🇸🇬🇪🇲🇩 are joining forces in the Black Sea & the Danube Delta with over 2,200 troops & 135 military assets. Their mission:…

I feel this is an existential moment, so what we do or don’t do will change the face of the world for generations to come - my thoughts for this NATO documentary for the alliance’s 75th anniversary. Watch it here 🔽

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Indeed, in October 2021 NATO expelled 8 Russians for being « undeclared intelligence officers » & soon after Russia suspended its mission, which was never inside NATO HQ, and also closed down the NATO liaison office in Moscow.

NEW: German 🇩🇪 poll shows 82 % see #NATO as important to preserve peace in Europe & 69 % realise it’s in the interest of Europeans to maintain the military alliance with the US 🇺🇸

Via ARDTagesschau #DeutschlandTrend

tagesschau.de/inland/deutsch…

🚨 Press Release: Ships departed the 🇺🇸 for Europe today carrying U.S. Army equipment for the Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence & Enhanced Readiness exercise, or DEFENDER 24, the largest 🇺🇸 Army exercise in Europe.

Full release 👇

europeafrica.army.mil/ArticleViewPre…

As President Truman said at the founding, the purpose of the NATO Alliance is to allow us to get on with the real business of life, the real business of government, the real business of society: Achieving a fuller and happier life for all our citizens.