Key Points - Post-Cold War NATO expansion, which pushed a US-led military alliance to Russia's borders, was a predictable and avoidable provocation that made the war in Ukraine all but inevitable. -By ...

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has stated that all NATO member states have agreed on Ukraine’s future membership and stressed that this issue cannot be part of peace negotiations between Kyiv and ...

NATO plans to enhance its missile defense systems on its eastern flank in response to a growing threat from Russia, Bloomberg reported on June 12, citing its undisclosed sources. For the first time, ...

As conditions for ending the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants a written pledge by Western leaders to stop NATO's expansion eastwards as well as the lifting of sanctions, three Russian sources with ...