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Ukraine’s Army Now Holds Two-Thirds of Donbas, Senior Security Official Says

Kyiv Official Thanks US for Food Rations and Vests, Says Ukraine Needs Sanctions on Russia Ukrainian troops now control two-thirds of the country’s Donbas region, a top Ukrainian security official says, nine days after they resumed their counter-offensive against Russian-backed insurgents. Ukraine’s military “will continue to tighten the containment” of the separatist militias, and will […]

NATO Needs Strategy for Russia’s Little Green Men

By Steven Pifer, Spiegel

NATO should think through the implications of the little green men phenomenon, in particular for the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia.

Secretary General: NATO Needs Elite Units at ‘High Alert’

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

The leader of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Tuesday that Russia is continuing to try to destabilize Ukraine, including through a new military buildup on its border

Video of NATO Secretary General at the White House

By NATO

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen thanked President Barack Obama for his country’s leadership within the Alliance and strong commitment to transatlantic security during talks with the United States president at the White House

EUCOM Chief: Time To Stop Drawdown of US Troops in Europe

By Andrew Tilghman, Defense News

The top US commander in Europe said he will probably need more troops to counter the renewed military threat from Russia that is roiling the far eastern region of Europe.

Seven Allies Establish NATO’s Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia

By NATO STRATCOM COE, Latvian Ministry of Defense, AFP

From NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence:  On 1 July, at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation HQ in Norfolk (U.S.), Latvia alongside with Estonia, Germany, Italy Lithuania, Poland, and the UK signed the Memorandums of Understanding for the establishment of the NATO StratCom Centre of Excellence in Riga

Ukraine, Having Seized Rebel-Held Cities, Now Must Govern Them

By James Rupert

Stabilizing a Recaptured Conflict Zone Will Test Kyiv’s Skills at Reconciliation While Ukraine’s weekend victory in seizing back two cities in Donetsk province is its biggest in the three-month war with Russian proxy forces, it immediately poses some tough new tests for the government in Kyiv. And, at a critical moment in Ukraine’s fight against […]

Five Russian Weapons of War NATO Should Fear

By Robert Farley, National Interest

If diplomacy fails and politics push the alliance into war, these are the weapons NATO will need to worry about the most.