Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has trained with U.S. Marines in Germany ahead of his first NATO meeting. Hegseth is currently on a week-long trip that includes visits to Germany, Belgium and Poland, after he narrowly made it through the Senate 's confirmation process in which Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote.

There are new warnings of a wider conflict coming to Europe as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says in a new interview his country has belief Russia may attack Poland or Lithuania, both NATO members, as early as the summer.

NATO is planning to build a pipeline system from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic to ensure a rapid supply of jet fuel for fighter aircraft in the event of a war with Russia, weekly German magazine Der Spiegel reported.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO's eastern flank.

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday that he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO’s eastern flank. The Trump administration has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wound down his European tour Friday in Poland, praising the country as an exemplary NATO partner and saying he would welcome having more American troops in the country.

Italy has deployed its SAMP/T long-range ground-based air defence system in Lithuania as part of the Rotational Nato Air Defence Model.

Pointing to Poland, which plans to spend 4.7% of GDP on defence this year, as a model ally, Hegseth doubled down on Washington's demands that European NATO allies take on more of the financial burden for their own security.

Lithuania's Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Harry