MUNICH (AP) — Vice President JD Vance lectured European officials on free speech and illegal migration on the continent during his remarks Friday before the Munich Security Conference, warning elected ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining NATO is unrealistic, and that the US will no longer prioritize European and ...

The U.S. defense secretary also said that a return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders, before Russia invaded Crimea and eastern ...

Successive American presidents and European leaders have failed to rethink ... return to its pre-2014 borders before the invasion of Crimea, that it could not join NATO and that US troops would ...

Europe would have to accelerate the military buildup it embarked on 10 years ago when Putin annexed Crimea. European governments’ spending on defence jumped 12% in real terms last year to $447 ...

Decades of cuts have left Europe’s militaries unprepared for what ... following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, though the benchmark had been discussed for over a decade. But eight countries ...

In his second big speech in Europe this week, the vice president will address the Munich Security Conference, days after ...

Vladimir Putin giving up Crimea in Ukraine peace deal is 'unrealistic,' says Donald Trump's Defence Secretary - US Defence ...