Antti Häkkänen

Sweden signs a $732 million deal to procure the HIMARS rocket artillery system from Lockheed Martin.

Finland's parliament voted 125-61 to lift its nuclear weapons ban, allowing import and possession for defense purposes amid NATO integration and heightened security threats from Russia, strengthening deterrence in an unpredictable environment.

Turkey restricted Black Sea and Dardanelles Strait commercial traffic due to escalating drone attacks, amid broader tensions over Western military aid to Ukraine and alleged violations of international maritime law.

European countries split on Macron's nuclear deterrence offer

Lithuania eliminated its constitutional ban on nuclear weapons hosting, following Finland's identical move hours earlier, signaling NATO's eastern flank readiness for nuclear deterrent deployment ahead of the alliance's Ankara summit.

NATO defence ministers reaffirmed Ukraine as their primary strategic focus, rejecting competing concerns about Arctic security amid broader geopolitical tensions between Western allies and Russia.