NATO has said its pledge for tens of billions of dollars in security aid for Ukraine will be fulfilled by the end of 2025. The alliance announced on Wednesday that 40 billion euros ($41.6 billion) which had been agreed by the bloc's 32 members during its Washington, D.C. summit last July would be sent to Kyiv this year.

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy PM, made the corresponding statement at a press briefing in Belgium on Jan. 30. According to state news agency Ukrinform, Stefanishyna said that the date for the next Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting had not been discussed,

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says that any peace settlement in Ukraine must involve Kyiv and come with more defense spending by regional countries to deter future Russian aggression

Romania has said it scrambled F-16 jets in response to Russian drones landing near the border of the NATO country. The fourth-generation aircraft were sent into the air after drones approached from Ukrainian airspace near the Romanian border overnight Tuesday, Romania's Air Force said.

The vast majority of NATO countries support the irreversibility of Ukraine's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance. They remain committed to the decision of the Washington Summit, stated by Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration,

Whatever shortfalls exist within the Russian war machine, the fact remains that the Russians are adapting to the conflict. Artillery is the “King of Battle” when it comes to ground warfare. This has been the case for centuries.

Ukraine's government says a video circulated on social media appears to show 6 soldiers detained by Russian forces, who "subsequently shot them dead."

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and could cost trillions of dollars to restore the organization's credibility.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Šekerinska has said that the Alliance is on track to fulfil its 2025 defence funding plan for Ukraine. Source: Šekerinska at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Brussels on 29 January,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday urged the United States to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia's invasion and said he was sure Europe was ready to pay the bill.

Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of sabotage on energy and communications lines. President Donald Trump has recently revived U.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Brigadier General of Justice Serhiy Melnyk, took part in the forum of the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) in Gummersbach, Germany. The participants discussed the training of reserve forces and the development of a national resistance system.