The Latest Breaking News from NATO

Reports from the front lines of the various conflict zones reveal daily just how difficult Ukraine is finding its summer counter-offensive. Russia has had months to build defensive fortifications and Ukrainian troops are having to fight their way through territory which – according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s…

RAF personnel return to UK after four-month mission, during which 50 Russian aircraft were intercepted

Erdogan says Putin agrees to visit Turkey as talks continue to restart grain deal

Potential deal to formalise relations between Israel and kingdom would be complex but not transformative, analysts say.

NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus

Fighters from the group are training Belarusian troops near the border with Nato member Poland

Hopes of a rapid breakthrough proved over-optimistic in the face of entrenched defences but Russian forces are suffering major damage

Ukraine’s Danube port of Izmail attacked damaging grain infrastructure; Ukraine claims it shot down 23 drones overnight

Noted economist Paul Krugman highlights robust job growth and falling inflation as indicators of success.